单词 | superovulate |
释义 | superovulatev. Physiology. 1. transitive. To produce (eggs) by superovulation; to cause (an animal or person) to undergo superovulation. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive cycle > [verb (transitive)] > ovulate ovulate1917 superovulate1936 1936 G. Pincus Eggs of Mammals iv. 44 If we assume..that 9 is roughly the number of ova normally ovulated this is 18 per cent of the 49 superovulated in the adult mouse. 1971 Nature 10 Sept. 125/2 Random bred female albino mice..were superovulated with gonadotrophins. 1995 New Yorker 7 Aug. 46/3 The real increase in twins and triplets in the United States did not occur until 1985, when we learned how to superovulate women. 2007 H. Schatten & G. M. Constantinescu Compar. Reprod. Biol. viii. 175/1 Sows can be successfully superovulated with eCG [= equine chorionic gonadotropin] followed by hCG [= human chorionic gonadotropin]. 2. intransitive. To produce eggs by superovulation. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive cycle > [verb (intransitive)] > ovulate ovulate1851 superovulate1948 1948 Discovery 9 53/1 A safe and simple method of inducing cows to ‘superovulate’. 1970 Sci. Jrnl. May 50/2 Hormonal treatment can be used to get the female to superovulate. 2004 H. Paxson Making Mod. Mothers 288 The hormones she takes to superovulate..would cost 100,000 drachmes (about U. S. $440) a month without any insurance. Derivatives ˌsuperˈovulated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive cycle > [adjective] > ovulation post-ovulatory1922 pre-ovulation1922 post-ovulation1923 ovulating1926 ovulatory1928 post-ovulative1929 preovulatory1932 ovulated1938 superovulated1939 1939 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 25 559 This female had received 18 ova, taken 19 hours after an ovulating injection, from a superovulated doe. 1979 Nature 25 Jan. 298/2 Two-celled embryos were collected from super-ovulated donor ewes early on day 2 of their oestrous cycle. 2002 C. M. Thompson in M. C. Inhorn & F. van Balen Infertility around Globe iii. 60 The hamster test for sperm viability required superovulated mother hamsters to be sacrificed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1936 |
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