different between ovulation vs preovulatory

English

Etymology

From ovulate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?vj??le??(?)n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?vj??le??(?)n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

ovulation (countable and uncountable, plural ovulations)

1. (physiology) The release of an ovum from an ovary.

Translations

References

• ovulation at OneLook Dictionary Search
• ovulation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

From ovule +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.vy.la.sj??/

Noun

ovulation f (plural ovulations)

1. ovulation

Further reading

• “ovulation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

pre- +? ovulatory

Adjective

preovulatory (not comparable)

1. Prior to ovulation.
   • 1987, Florence Haseltine, Michael E. McClure, Ellen H. Goldberg, Genetic markers of sex differentiation (page 18)

     Preovulatory animals, expressing female-like pseudosexual behavior, are characterized by an elevated concentration of E and a moderate concentration of progesterone (P) […]