What it means
About 14 days before the next period, a surge of luteinizing hormone makes an ovary release an egg into the fallopian tubefuh-LOH-pee-un TOOBOne of the two tubes that carry an egg from the ovary to the uterus, where fertilization usually happens.Full entry , where it can be fertilized for about a day. Signs include a small rise in body temperature after ovulation, clear stretchy cervical mucus and sometimes one-sided pelvic pain. After ovulation the ovary makes progesteroneproh-JES-tuh-rohnA female sex hormone that prepares the lining of the uterus for pregnancy and helps keep a pregnancy going, also given as a drug.Full entry .
At a glance
| Spanish | ovulación |
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| Also written | ovulate, ovulates, ovulating, ovulatory |
Related terms
menstruation
The monthly shedding of the lining of the uterus, which leaves the body as blood through the vagina.
progesterone
A female sex hormone that prepares the lining of the uterus for pregnancy and helps keep a pregnancy going, also given as a drug.
infertility
Not being able to become pregnant after a year of regular sex without birth control, or after six months for women over 35.
fallopian tube
One of the two tubes that carry an egg from the ovary to the uterus, where fertilization usually happens.