ovulatedadj.
/ˈɒvjᵿleɪtᵻd/, /ˈəʊvjᵿleɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈoʊvjəˌleɪdᵻd/, /ˈɑvjəˌleɪdᵻd/ Chiefly Physiology.
Of an ovum: discharged by ovulation.
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post-ovulatory1922
pre-ovulation1922
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ovulatory1928
post-ovulative1929
preovulatory1932
ovulated1938
superovulated1939
1938 R. Squier in J. K. Folsom et al. Plan for Marriage vi. 130 The duration of the ability of the ovulated egg to be joined and fertilized by a sperm has not yet been studied directly and experimentally in the human.
1970 Sci. Jrnl. June 94/1 This can be righted by supplying the hormone artificially and the ovulated eggs can then be fertilized.
1987 M. Monk Mammalian Devel. (BNC) 80 An alternative technique for this stage of oocyte maturation is to collect freshly ovulated oocytes from the fallopian tubes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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