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单词 superovulate
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superovulatev.

Brit. /ˌsuːpərˈɒvjᵿleɪt/, /ˌsjuːpərˈɒvjᵿleɪt/, U.S. /ˌsupərˈɑvjəˌleɪt/, /ˌsupərˈoʊvjəˌleɪt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: super- prefix, ovulate v.
Etymology: < super- prefix + ovulate v., after superovulation n.
Physiology.
1. transitive. To produce (eggs) by superovulation; to cause (an animal or person) to undergo superovulation.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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