follicular stigma

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The point where the Graafian follicle will rupture on the surface of the ovary.

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Myerson herself appears to have bought into that stigma, offering mixed to negative views on the Miss America pageant.
Why Was Bess Myerson the First and Last Jewish Miss America?|Emily Shire|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The stigma of sexual assault runs deep in Syrian culture as it does across the Middle East; rape is shaming and casts dishonor.
Escaping Assad’s Rape Prisons: A Survivor Tells Her Story|Jamie Dettmer|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To be a woman suffering from a drinking problem in America is a lonely enterprise, defined by stigma and judgment.
Elizabeth Peña and the Truth About Alcoholic Women|Gabrielle Glaser|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now, we talk about reducing the stigma of this disease—yet we've treated a visitor living with it as a threat.
They May Sound Like a Good Idea, But Travel Bans for Ebola Won’t Work|Abby Haglage|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST

And while some sex workers turn to advocacy groups, even rape support organizations sometimes perpetuate stigma.
Sex Workers Don't Deserve to be Raped|Jillian Keenan|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When the report was presented to the House, another attempt was made to put a stigma upon him.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
Till I met you the word 'Yankee' seemed to me to be a stigma—a name to be applied in derision to the people of the North.
Frank Merriwell's Races|Burt L. Standish
The only change was that after 1860 Europeans were clear of the stigma that attached to any direct participation in it.
The Life of Gordon, Volume I|Demetrius Charles Boulger
Within the circle above mentioned there was a second pistil, tipped like the original with petal-like lobes instead of a stigma.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899|Various
"And we, on our part, will assist you to clear the stigma resting upon the lady who is your promised wife," he said.
The Sign of Silence|William Le Queux