Organ or Tissue Function
ovulation Audio
ov·u·la·tion [ ov-yuh-ley-shun ]
Subclass of:
Reproduction
Etymology:
French ovulation = the process of development of the ovum; from Latin ovulum = a little ovum or egg
Definitions related to ovulation:
  • Discharge of an ovum from a vesicular follicle of the ovary.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The discharge of a secondary oocyte from a vesicular follicle of the ovary.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The discharge of an OVUM from a rupturing follicle in the OVARY.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • The release of a mature egg from the ovary, at which time it is available to be fertilized by sperm.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • The release of a mature ovum/oocyte from an ovary.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
  • The release of an egg from an ovary during the menstrual cycle.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Ovulation, release of a mature egg from the female ovary; the release enables the egg to be fertilized by the male sperm cells. Normally, in humans, only one egg is released at one time; occasionally, two or more erupt during the menstrual cycle. The egg erupts from the ovary on the 14th to 16th...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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