Author: Glossary

Stimulating ovulation by the use of drugs such as clomiphene citrate, bromocriptine, human menopausal gonadotropin, or gonadotropin-releasing hormone.  

Reproducing by eggs that have a well-developed membrane and that hatch inside the maternal organism; opposite of oviparous.  

A protein found in an egg yolk.  

The protoplasm of an unfertilized egg.  

The globulin found in egg white.  

A flavin derived from eggs; identical to riboflavin.  

A specialized tubular structure found in many female insects, through which they lay their eggs in plants or soil.  

The laying of eggs as in oviparous reproduction.  

Producing eggs that are hatched outside the body; egg laying; the opposite of ovoviviparous.  

The cell that produces or develops into an ovum.