ovulate
ovulate
Definition
ovu·late (äv′yə lāt′, ō′vyə-)
intransitive verb -·lat′ed, -·lat′·ing
to produce and discharge an ovum or ova from an ovary
Etymology: back-form. < ovulation
ovulate
Usage Examples
Object
- month: I am like you and don't know whether it is normal not to ovulate seeing as before my miscarriage I ovulated every month.
- wife: Ashton Kutcher reportedly jetted across the US to visit ovulating wife Demi Moore - in a bid to get her pregnant.
- woman: Even with a " textbook " 28-day cycle, it is not necessarily the case that a woman ovulated on day 14.
Preposition: during
- cycle: Women ovulate once during each menstrual cycle and this is trigged by a release of Luteinising Hormone ( LH surge ).
Modifying Another Word
- not: In a preliminary trial, women who did not ovulate were treated with acupuncture 30 times over three months.
- n't: Some clinics seem to prescribe C for 3 months, then if you hav n't ovulated, move you on to another treatment.
- normally: Women with PCOS also may have high levels of testosterone and do not ovulate normally.
- regularly: Use of Ovarian Stimulation Some women do not ovulate regularly.
- once: Women ovulate once during each menstrual cycle and this is trigged by a release of Luteinising Hormone ( LH surge ).
- still: These effects lasted for many years; after 18-20 years, two thirds of the women were still ovulating.
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