Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the expulsion of an ovum from the ovary (usually midway in the menstrual cycle);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
ovulation \o`vu*la"tion\, n. (Physiol.)
The formation of ova or eggs in the ovary, and the discharge
of the same. In the human female the discharge occurs about
halfway between menstruation times.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ovulation
n 1: the expulsion of an ovum from the ovary (usually midway in
the menstrual cycle) [ant: anovulation]