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defolliculating

defolliculating is the present participle and gerund of defolliculate.

Meaning of defolliculate

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...

Questions about defolliculating

What is defolliculating the present participle and gerund of?
Defolliculating is the present participle and gerund of defolliculate.

Words near defolliculating in the dictionary

  1. defoliator
  2. defoliators
  3. defolliculate
  4. defolliculated
  5. defolliculates
  6. defolliculating
  7. defolliculation
  8. deforce
  9. deforced
  10. deforcement
  11. deforcements

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