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defolliculate

defolliculate verb: to remove the follicles (from).

Verb

defolliculate (third-person singular simple present defolliculates, present participle defolliculating, simple past and past participle defolliculated)

  1. To remove the follicles (from)
    • Removed ovary lobes were divided into small sections and treated with 2 mg/mL Collagenase A (Boehringer Mannheim, Indianapolis, IN, USA) in OR2 buffer for at least an hour to defolliculate the oocytes.2015 October 24, “The Direct Actions of GABA, 2’-Methoxy-6-Methylflavone and General Anaesthetics at β3γ2L GABA A Receptors: Evidence for Receptors with Different Subunit Stoichiometries”, in PLOS...

Forms of defolliculate

third-person singular presentdefolliculates
present participledefolliculating
past participledefolliculated
pastdefolliculated

Origin of defolliculate

From de- + follicle + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about defolliculate

What does defolliculate mean?
Defolliculate means to remove the follicles (from).
What part of speech is defolliculate?
Defolliculate is a verb.
What is the past tense of defolliculate?
The past tense of defolliculate is defolliculated.

Words near defolliculate in the dictionary

  1. defoliating
  2. defoliation
  3. defoliations
  4. defoliator
  5. defoliators
  6. defolliculate
  7. defolliculated
  8. defolliculates
  9. defolliculating
  10. defolliculation
  11. deforce

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