Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or causing the suppression of ovulation.
- adjective Not associated with or influenced by ovulation.
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- adjective Not
ovulatory ; characterized byanovulation (a lack ofovulation ).
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Examples
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Irregular or missed periods are also known as anovulatory cycles.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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On the other hand, if women ate at least one serving of high-fat dairy food a day, they reduced their risk of anovulatory infertility by more than a quarter (27%) compared to women who consumed one or fewer high-fat dairy serving a week.
Lactose Not Associated with Fertility Steve Carper 2008
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"A prospective study of dairy foods intake and anovulatory infertility."
Lactose Not Associated with Fertility Steve Carper 2008
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Researchers in the United States have found a link between a low-fat dairy diet and increased risk of infertility due to lack of ovulation (anovulatory infertility).
Lactose Not Associated with Fertility Steve Carper 2008
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Previous studies had suggested that lactose (a sugar found in milk) might be associated with anovulatory infertility, but Dr Chavarro's study found neither a positive nor negative association for this, and nor was there any association between intake of calcium, phosphorus or vitamin D and anovulatory infertility.
Lactose Not Associated with Fertility Steve Carper 2008
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The two forms of birth control mentioned, IUDs and anovulatory pill, are both potentially abortifacient.
"[B]irth control ... messes with God’s will, God’s will to permanently relieve me from cat litter duty. Because God has nothing better to do." Ann Althouse 2008
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Any vaginal bleeding before the fifty-sixth day after birth is almost always anovulatory meaning that no egg has been released and can be ignored.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008
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Any vaginal bleeding before the fifty-sixth day after birth is almost always anovulatory meaning that no egg has been released and can be ignored.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008
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The two forms of birth control mentioned, IUDs and anovulatory pill, are both potentially abortifacient.
"[B]irth control ... messes with God’s will, God’s will to permanently relieve me from cat litter duty. Because God has nothing better to do." Ann Althouse 2008
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I know cases of women not taking BCP who were anovulatory, but still had monthly bleeding that they label as a period.
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