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corpus luteum
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corpus luteum
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun corpus luteum has 1 sense
- corpus luteum(n = noun.body) Array - yellow endocrine tissue that forms in a ruptured Graafian follicle following the release of an ovum; it degenerates after a few days unless pregnancy has begun; Array is a kind of ductless gland, endocrine, endocrine gland
is a part of graafian follicle
Derived form adjective luteal1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
corpus luteum, n. Anat. a body developed in the ovary after discharge of the ovum, remaining in existence only if pregnancy has begun.
Etymology
mod.L f. CORPUS + luteus, -um yellow
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