ovulatory
Adjective
Meaning
ovulatory (comparative more ovulatory, superlative most ovulatory)
pertaining to ovulation; ovulating
Synonyms
Examples
A female’s first ovulatory cycle occurs when she is six years of age, and is followed by a two-year period of adolescent infertility.
Early treatment with ECPs containing only the progestin levonorgestrel has been show to impair the ovulatory process and luteal function. 83–87 p. 123: Combined emergency contraceptive pills.
Female orangutans experience their first ovulatory cycle around 5.8–11.1 years.
The first (or anovulatory) surge, could signal to males that the female is in oestrus by changing her scent, but ovulation does not occur until the second (or ovulatory) surge. citation Fertility rates in cows decline around 45–50 years of age.
Indeed, studies have shown that women's preferences vary across the ovulatory cycle.
This hypothesis allows researchers to examine whether women select mates who have characteristics that indicate high genetic quality during the high fertility phase of their ovulatory cycles.