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n. - The absence of ovulation due to immaturity or post-maturity or pregnancy or oral contraceptive pills or dysfunction of the ovary.

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  • Infertility, generally resulting from chronic anovulation lack of ovulation
  • Many women will respond to Clomid, especially if the issue is PCOS or anovulation.
  • There is also a high chance that women who receive treatment for anovulation will produce twins or multiple births.
  • But one of the most common causes of infertility is anovulation, which means the hormones that are secreted by the pituitary are a little bit out of, you know, balance.
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