preantral

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ antral

Adjective

preantral (not comparable)

  1. That develops before antral structures
    • 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:10.1186/s12967-015-0516-y:
      Analysis of non-atretic quiescent (primordial) and growing (primary, preantral, and antral) follicle numbers revealed that immature follicles were gradually lost after chemotherapy.
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