ovulatoryadj.
/ˈɒvjᵿlət(ə)ri/, /ˈəʊvjᵿlət(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈoʊvjələˌtɔri/, /ˈɑvjələˌtɔri/ Chiefly Physiology.
Of or relating to ovulation.
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post-ovulatory1922
pre-ovulation1922
post-ovulation1923
ovulating1926
ovulatory1928
post-ovulative1929
preovulatory1932
ovulated1938
superovulated1939
1928 Science 9 Nov. 453/1 Of twenty mature females menstruating regularly, ten showed the ovulatory bleeding during the past month.
1977 Daily Mirror 15 Mar. 7/4 In some cases when women come off the Pill, we can stimulate the return of periods with an ovulatory drug.
1993 Brit. Med. Jrnl. (BNC) 20 Feb. 486 [Frisch] has suggested that menstruation and ovulatory cycles can only start above a certain threshold ratio of lean body mass to fat mass.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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