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  1. 3. A female reproductive organ in which ova or eggs are produced.
  2. 5. A hormone produced in the pituitary gland which causes an egg to mature in an ovary.
  3. 8. A hormone in the pituitary gland which causes the mature egg to be released from the ovary.
  4. 9. A method or device serving to prevent conception or impregnation.
  5. 10. The periodic discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus, which occurs approximately monthly.
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  1. 1. The process of the monthly release of a mature egg from an ovary.
  2. 2. The state or quality of being fertile.
  3. 4. A hormone that prepares the uterus for the fertilised ovum and maintains pregnancy.
  4. 6. Fertilisation of an egg in a laboratory dish or test tube.
  5. 7. It stimulates the pituitary gland to release the hormone known as LH.
  6. 11. The scientific term for a womb.