superovulated

Variant of superovulation

superovulation definition

super·ovu·la·tion (-äv′yə lā′s̸hən, -ō′vyə-)

noun

the release of a larger-than-normal number of eggs for fertilization, esp. when artificially induced by injected hormones to produce embryos for transplantation, frozen storage, etc.

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