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ANOVULATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The absence of ovulation due to immaturity or post-maturity or pregnancy or oral contraceptive pills or dysfunction of the ovary
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("anovulation" is a kind of...):
biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)
Antonym:
ovulation (the expulsion of an ovum from the ovary (usually midway in the menstrual cycle))