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Ovulation

/ɒvjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

The release of an ovum from an ovary.

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  1. 1

    The release of an ovum from an ovary.

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anovulationnoun(pathology) Lack of ovulation.

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fertile phasenounthe 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.
offcomenounThe way any thing or business turns out; the way a person comes off from an encounter or enterprise; result; outcome; reception.
conceptionnounThe fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
outbirthnounA result or consequence.
releasingThe act by which something is released.
lactationnounThe 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.
apotheosisnounThe fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification.
evolutionnounProcess of development.
off-comenounAlternative form of offcome. [That which comes off or the act or process of coming off; emission.]
outflownounThe process of flowing out.
outwellingnounA 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.
ejectionnounThe act of ejecting.
excystmentnounThe process, or the result of excysting
issuenounThe action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly:

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