"defolliculate" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "de- + follicle + -ate",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "defolliculates",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "defolliculating",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "defolliculated",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "defolliculated",
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        "past"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "ref": "2015 October 24, “The Direct Actions of GABA, 2’-Methoxy-6-Methylflavone and General Anaesthetics at β3γ2L GABA A Receptors: Evidence for Receptors with Different Subunit Stoichiometries”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI",
          "text": "Removed ovary lobes were divided into small sections and treated with 2 mg/mL Collagenase A (Boehringer Mannheim, Indianapolis, IN, USA) in OR2 buffer for at least an hour to defolliculate the oocytes.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To remove the follicles (from)"
      ],
      "id": "en-defolliculate-en-verb-G9SppgVD",
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          "follicle",
          "follicle"
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          "word": "defolliculation"
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  "word": "defolliculate"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "de- + follicle + -ate",
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    {
      "form": "defolliculates",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "defolliculating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "defolliculated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "defolliculated",
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "text": "Removed ovary lobes were divided into small sections and treated with 2 mg/mL Collagenase A (Boehringer Mannheim, Indianapolis, IN, USA) in OR2 buffer for at least an hour to defolliculate the oocytes.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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