📖 Definitions of "Ovulation"
noun
- 1
The release of an ovum from an ovary.
↔️ Antonyms of "Ovulation"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| anovulationnoun | (pathology) Lack of ovulation. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ovulation"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| fertile phasenoun | the time in the menstrual cycle when fertilization is most likely to be possible (7 days before to 7 days after ovulation) |
| oestrusnoun | (countable and uncountable, biology) A female animal's readiness to mate. |
| estrusnoun | (American spelling) Alternative spelling of oestrus. [(countable) A biting fly of the genus Oestrus; a botfly.] |
| heatnoun | (uncountable) Thermal energy. |
| offcomenoun | The way any thing or business turns out; the way a person comes off from an encounter or enterprise; result; outcome; reception. |
| conceptionnoun | The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote. |
| outbirthnoun | A result or consequence. |
| releasing | The act by which something is released. |
| lactationnoun | The secretion of milk from the mammary gland of a female mammal. |
| let-outnoun | (idiomatic, chiefly UK, Ireland) An opportunity to avoid or escape from a difficult or unpleasant situation. |
| hatchingnoun | (zoology) The act of an egg hatching, eclosion. |
| apotheosisnoun | The fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification. |
| evolutionnoun | Process of development. |
| off-comenoun | Alternative form of offcome. [That which comes off or the act or process of coming off; emission.] |
| outflownoun | The process of flowing out. |
| outwellingnoun | A welling outward; an issuing forth. |
| birthnoun | (uncountable) The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment. |
| ejectionnoun | The act of ejecting. |
| excystmentnoun | The process, or the result of excysting |
| issuenoun | The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly: |
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