Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

anovulation

[an-ov-yuh-ley-shuh n, -oh-vyuh-, an-ov-yuh-, -oh-vyuh-]
See more synonyms for anovulation on Thesaurus.com
noun
  1. the absence of ovulation.
Show More

Origin of anovulation

First recorded in 1965–70; an-1 + ovulation
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
British Dictionary definitions for anovulation

anovulation

noun
  1. failure to produce eggs or to discharge them from an ovary
Show More
Derived Formsanovulatory , adjective

Word Origin

C20: from an- + ovulate
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
anovulation in Medicine

anovulation

(ăn-ō′vyə-lā′shən, -ŏv′yə-)
n.
  1. Suspension or cessation of ovulation.
Show More
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.