preantral en · ADJ
Etymology
From pre- + antral.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) That develops before antral structures
Analysis of non-atretic quiescent (primordial) and growing (primary, preantral, and antral) follicle numbers revealed that immature follicles were gradually lost after chemotherapy.
2015 May 12, Dongmei Lai et al., “Human endometrial mesenchymal stem cells restore ovarian function through improving the renewal of germline stem cells in a mouse model of premature ovarian failure”, in Journal of Translational Medicine, volume 13, →DOI: