ovulatory

adjective

ovu·la·to·ry ˈä vyə-lə-ˌtȯr-ē

ˈō-

: of, relating to, or involving ovulation

the ovulatory cycle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The Nurses’ study also suggests that 25% of ovulatory infertility may be due to obesity. —

Linda Bacon, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2012 The timing of ovulation can vary your cycles.2 Each menstrual cycle has three phases, the follicular phase, ovulatory phase, and the luteal phase. —

Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 14 Mar. 2023 Kin affiliation across the ovulatory cycle: females avoid fathers when fertile. —

Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2016 The goal of these therapies in younger women should be to restore a healthy estrogen-progesterone balance with regular, ovulatory cycles. —

Jerilynn C. Prior, Scientific American, 24 Mar. 2021 That means women usually have regular, normally month-apart, ovulatory (with at least 10 days of high progesterone) menstrual cycles. —

Jerilynn C. Prior, Scientific American, 24 Mar. 2021 Anytime the normal ovulatory cycle is disrupted, bleeding patterns can be abnormal. —

Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 5 May 2020 Major League Baseball announced in March that Martes tested positive for the ovulatory stimulant Clomiphene, garnering the 80-game suspension. —

Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 26 June 2019 By contrast, female chimpanzees mate wildly and promiscuously during each ovulatory cycle. —

Natalie Angier, New York Times, 11 June 2018 See More

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