follicular phase
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffollicularandphase
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follicular
adjective
uk/fɒˈlɪk.jə.lər/us/fɑːˈlɪk.jə.lɚ/
relating to follicles (= small groups of cells and tissue that surround and support a structure such as a hair ...
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phase
noun[C]
uk/feɪz/us/feɪz/
any stage in a series of events or in a process ...
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(Definition offollicularandphasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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But for other women sexuality involves patterns of response more characteristic of thefollicularphase.
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Women who participated were also required to have a negative pregnancy test and completed the study during thefollicularphase.
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The increase of melatonin levels from thefollicularphaseto the luteal phase seen in normal controls was absent in the migraine patients.
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This is understandable since uncertainities created by differentfollicularphaselength have a far greater weight.
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Thefollicularphasewas chosen to avoid having to monitor ovulation in our out-patients.
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Even if its composition favours oestrogen rather than progesterone, every contraceptive pill contains enough hormones of the progesterone family to suppress thefollicularphaseof the cycle.
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The scatter of random variation about the mean caused by measurement error and variation in fetal growth rate is less than the non-predictable variation in thefollicularphasealone.
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Relative to thefollicularphase, verbal fluency was impaired in the luteal phase and reaction times speeded on a continuous performance task, without affecting overall accuracy.
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Prior to testing, subjects were randomly allocated to one of two groups : one being tested in thefollicularphasefirst and the other in the luteal phase first.
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Cha et al. (1992) showed that human immature oocytes from the luteal phase had a significantly higher maturation rate than those obtained during thefollicularphase.
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One signal is released during thefollicularphaseof the estrous cycle and it shortens estrous cycles.
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She hypothesized that ovulatory phase odors would lengthen cycles,follicularphaseodors would shorten cycles, and luteal phase odors would have no effect.
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However, it is common for thefollicularphaseto last much longer, as sometimes no dominant follicle is selected.
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Throughout the entirefollicularphase, rising estrogen levels in the blood stimulates growth of the endometrium and myometrium of the uterus.
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It should be done in thefollicularphaseof the cycle.
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While most mammals have one surge of luteinizing hormone during thefollicularphase, elephants have two.
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The chart should show low temperatures before ovulation in thefollicularphase, and higher ones after ovulation in the luteal phase.
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In domestic mammals, it is produced by the uterus when stimulated by oxytocin, in the event that there has been no implantation during thefollicularphase.
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