Fern test
fern test n.
A test for estrogenic activity in which cervical mucus smears form a fernlike pattern at times when estrogen secretion is elevated, as at the time of ovulation.
Read Also:
- Ferny
[fur-nee] /ˈfɜr ni/ adjective, fernier, ferniest. 1. pertaining to, consisting of, or like : ferny leaves. 2. abounding in or overgrown with : ferny undergrowth.
- Ferocious
[fuh-roh-shuh s] /fəˈroʊ ʃəs/ adjective 1. savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating. 2. extreme or intense: a ferocious thirst. /fəˈrəʊʃəs/ adjective 1. savagely fierce or cruel: a ferocious tiger, a ferocious argument adj. 1640s, from Latin ferocis, oblique case of ferox “fierce, wild-looking” (see ferocity). Related: […]
- Ferociously
[fuh-roh-shuh s] /fəˈroʊ ʃəs/ adjective 1. savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating. 2. extreme or intense: a ferocious thirst. /fəˈrəʊʃəs/ adjective 1. savagely fierce or cruel: a ferocious tiger, a ferocious argument adj. 1640s, from Latin ferocis, oblique case of ferox “fierce, wild-looking” (see ferocity). Related: […]
- Ferociousness
[fuh-roh-shuh s] /fəˈroʊ ʃəs/ adjective 1. savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating. 2. extreme or intense: a ferocious thirst. /fəˈrəʊʃəs/ adjective 1. savagely fierce or cruel: a ferocious tiger, a ferocious argument adj. 1640s, from Latin ferocis, oblique case of ferox “fierce, wild-looking” (see ferocity). Related: […]
- Ferocity
[fuh-ros-i-tee] /fəˈrɒs ɪ ti/ noun 1. a quality or state; savage fierceness. n. c.1600, from French férocité, from Latin ferocitatem (nominative ferocitas) “fierceness,” from ferocis, oblique case of ferox “wild, bold, courageous, warlike, fierce,” literally “wild-looking,” a derivative of ferus “wild” (see fierce) + -ox, -ocem (genitive -ocis), a suffix meaning “looking or appearing” (cognate […]