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preovulatory
preovulatory adj. 
/(ˌ)priːˈəʊvjᵿlət(ə)ri/, /ˌpriˈɑvjələˌtɔri/ Physiology occurring before ovulation.
Brit. /(ˌ)priːˈɒvjᵿlət(ə)ri/
, /(ˌ)priːˈɒvjᵿlət(ə)ri//(ˌ)priːˈəʊvjᵿlət(ə)ri/U.S. /ˌpriˈoʊvjələˌtɔri/
, /ˌpriˈoʊvjələˌtɔri//ˌpriˈɑvjələˌtɔri/ΘΚΠ
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post-ovulatory1922
pre-ovulation1922
post-ovulation1923
ovulating1926
ovulatory1928
post-ovulative1929
preovulatory1932
ovulated1938
superovulated1939
1932 P. E. Smith in E. Allen Sex & Internal Secretions xv. 739 A secretion of the hypophysis..is present (in rabbits) before the rupture of the follicle and during the period when its pre-ovulatory period of rapid growth is taking place.
1992 Cambr. Encycl. Human Evol. (1994) x. vi. 426/2 (caption) The preovulatory surge of LH induces ovulation and the follicle transforms into the corpus luteum, which secretes progesterone.
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