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单词 ovulating
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ovulatingn.

Brit. /ˈɒvjᵿleɪtɪŋ/, /ˈəʊvjᵿleɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈoʊvjəˌleɪdɪŋ/, /ˈɑvjəˌleɪdɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ovulate v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < ovulate v. + -ing suffix1. Compare earlier ovulation n.
Chiefly Physiology.
The process of ovulation. Chiefly attributive.
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ovulation1848
ovulating1891
superovulation1927
1891 Amer. Naturalist 25 1091 The ovulating season [of spotted newts] is much earlier in the inland ponds than in the lake.
1898 Science 23 Sept. 401/2 At Ithaca ovulating [of the common toad] extends from the middle of April to the middle of June.
1932 C. G. Hartman in E. A. Allen Sex & Internal Secretions xiv. 659 The rabbit..ovulates about ten hours after copulation. This fact has rendered this species..the animal of choice for certain experiments in the analysis of the ovulating mechanism.
1959 New Biol. 30 21 The ovulating hormone..causes the follicle to split along the line of the stigma, thus releasing the mature yolk from the ovary.
2000 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 17 Nov. (Features section) 41 No matter how hard they try, keeping ovulating temperatures and bonking at seemingly appropriate times of the day and night, Lucy can't get pregnant.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

ovulatingadj.

Brit. /ˈɒvjᵿleɪtɪŋ/, /ˈəʊvjᵿleɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈoʊvjəˌleɪdɪŋ/, /ˈɑvjəˌleɪdɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ovulate v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < ovulate v. + -ing suffix2.
Chiefly Physiology.
Characterized by or undergoing ovulation; (occasionally) engaged in laying eggs.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive cycle > [adjective] > ovulation
post-ovulatory1922
pre-ovulation1922
post-ovulation1923
ovulating1926
ovulatory1928
post-ovulative1929
preovulatory1932
ovulated1938
superovulated1939
1926 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 100 152 The accurate study of the œstrous cycle in spontaneously ovulating rodents.
1960 H. Friedmann Parasitic Weaverbirds 102 Probably the male pintail does not actually enter the nest together with its ovulating mate.
1980 J. H. Crook Evol. Human Consciousness iv. 75 Adult male baboons characteristically compete for sexual access to ovulating females.
1998 C. M. Cussins in M. Berg & A. Mol Differences in Med. 180 With the speculum in place,..fibroids are distinguished from uterine walls, cysts from ovulating ovaries.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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