anovulationn.
Physiol.
Absence of ovulation; failure to ovulate.
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anovulation1930
1930 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 22 Mar. 834/1 The changes in the genital canal in the anovulation type of cycle..are not quite similar to those seen when ovulation has occurred.
1963 Ford & Kelly Contemp. Moral Theol. (1964) II. xvi. 346 The use of the drugs..usually involves anovulation with consequent temporary sterilization.
1987 Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) I. x. 89/1 The clinical problems of the polycystic ovary syndrome are anovulation and hirsutism.
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