CORPUS LUTEUM


Meaning of CORPUS LUTEUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈlü-tē-əm ]

noun

( plural corpora lu·tea -tē-ə)

Etymology: New Latin, literally, yellowish body

Date: 1788

: a yellowish mass of progesterone-secreting endocrine tissue that forms immediately after ovulation from the ruptured graafian follicle in the mammalian ovary

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.