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The body's monthly open house, where one egg shows up demanding a roommate.
means The phase of the menstrual cycle when an ovary releases a mature egg, peaking fertility.
from From Latin ovum, egg, dressed up with a clinical -ation by 19th-century physiologists who finally watched it happen.
Solo actUsually one egg per cycle, occasionally two.
Tight windowThe egg survives only twelve to twenty-four hours.
Temperature tellBody heat rises slightly right after release.
Sperm patienceSperm can wait up to five days inside.