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luteal phase
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Noun luteal phase has 1 sense
- luteal phase(n = noun.time) secretory phase - the second half of the menstrual cycle after ovulation; the corpus luteum secretes progesterone which prepares the endometrium for the implantation of an embryo; if fertilization does not occur then menstrual flow begins; Array is a part of menstrual cycle
is a kind of phase, stage
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