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  • adjective Prior to ovulation.

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pre- +‎ ovulatory

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Examples

  • The preovulatory surge in estrogen literally remyelinates the brain and body (spinal cord included) every month.

    T.S. Wiley: Estrogen Dilemma: There Is No Dilemma When You Know the Details T.S. Wiley 2010

  • Your menstrual cycle can basically be divided into three phases: the preovulatory infertile phase, the fertile phase, and the post-ovulatory infertile phase.

    OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005

  • In summary, under the experimental conditions Raz reported, eFSH increased the number of preovulatory follicles in treated mares, did not affect ovulation rate, increased embryo recovery rate, and did not increase pregnancy rates.

    TheHorse.com News 2009

  • Moreover, the role of olfactory epithelium specific isoforms of classical membrane progestin receptor genes as candidates for preovulatory pheromone sensing is discussed.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2008

  • The Billings method is not as effective as STM; while the BBT method is as effective as STM, that’s only because women must consider themselves fertile, and thus abstain or use barriers, for the entire preovulatory phase.

    OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005

  • Specifically, healthy CL and preovulatory follicles (

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Krishna Jagarlamudi et al. 2009

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