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menstrual cycle
(redirected from ovarian cycle)

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menstrual cycle [′men·strə·wəl ′sī·kəl]
(physiology)
The periodic series of changes associated with menstruation and the intermenstrual cycle; menstrual bleeding indicates onset of the cycle.


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However, the length of the periods of sexual behavior within a single ovarian cycle is consistently longer in adolescents than in adults (Wilson & Gordon, 1980).
Early and late in a woman's reproductive years, her chances of failing to release an egg during the monthly ovarian cycle are much greater than in the intervening years.
Moreover, the use of different methods to define and identify the hormonal phases of the ovarian cycle precludes direct comparisons across studies.
 
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