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superovulated
Variant of superovulation
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.
Related Forms:
- superovulate transitive verb, intransitive verb superovulated, superovulating
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