| supplementary | Added to supply what is wanted; additional; being, or serving as, a supplement; as, a supplemental law; a supplementary sheet or volume. <physiology> Supplemental air, a bill filed in aid of an original bill to supply some deffect in the latter, or to set forth new facts which can not be done by amendment. <mathematics> Supplementary chords, in an ellipse or hyperbola, any two chords drawn through the extremities of a diameter, and intersecting on the curve. Origin: Cf. F. Supplementaire. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| supplementary motor area epilepsy | A localization-related epilepsy syndrome in which seizures originate from the supplementary motor area of the mesial frontal lobe. Typical seizure semiology includes sudden bilateral tonic movements, vocalization, and preservation of consciousness. Attacks are often nocturnal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| supplementary motor cortex | A region from which, by electrical stimulation, the musculature of all bodily parts can be activated, as it also can by stimulation of the motor cortex of the precentral gyrus; the region corresponds approximately to the expansion of Brodmann's area 6 over the medial surface of the cerebral hemisphere; this area has largely a bilateral representation and is concerned primarily with tonic and postural motor activities. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ovulation | <gynaecology> The discharge of a secondary oocyte from a vesicular follicle of the ovary. (18 Nov 1997) |
| ovulation detection | Methods for recognition of the occurrence of ovulation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ovulation induction | Techniques for the artifical induction of ovulation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ovulation inhibitor | A compound that inhibits ovulation; often found in oral contraceptives. (05 Mar 2000) |
| law of constant numbers in ovulation | The number of ova discharged at each ovulation is nearly constant for any given species. (05 Mar 2000) |