Definition of Anovulatory

1. Adjective. Not ovulatory; characterized by anovulation (a lack of ovulation). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Anovulatory

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Anovulatory

1. Not accompanied with the discharge of an ovum. (18 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anovulatory

another county heard from
another day, another dollar
another nail in one's coffin
anotta
anough
anourous
anovesical
anovulant
anovulants
anovular
anovular ovarian follicle
anovulation
anovulatory (current term)
anovulatory drug
anow
anoxaemia
anoxaemia test
anoxaemias
anoxemia
anoxemias
anoxemic
anoxhæmia
anoxia
anoxia neonatorum
anoxias
anoxic

Literary usage of Anovulatory

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"... the animals treated with the jue showed a normal vaginal smear n during the period of observation. ovaries of the anovulatory animals I with ..."

2. Drug Addiction Research & the Health of Women edited by Cora L. Wetherington (1999)
"In an anovulatory cycle, menstruation may occur, but there is no midcycle peak in LH and FSH. • Preliminary data on monkeys suggest that cocaine and alcohol ..."

3. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"Kumagai S, Shimizu T. Neonatal exposure to zearalenone causes persistent anovulatory estrus in the rat. Arch Toxicol 50:279-286 (1982). 195. ..."

4. Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Evaluationsby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"ADJUNCT TO GONADOTROPIN THERAPY IN THE INDUCTION OF OVULATION IN WOMEN WITH anovulatory OR OLIGO-OVULATORY INFERTILITY WHO FAIL TO OVULATE IN RESPONSE TO ..."

5. Strategy Development Workshop For Public Education On Weight And Obesity by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"Furthermore, even if menses occur, anovulatory cycles (which may be associated with decreased fat content) are associated with decreased bone mineral stores ..."

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