corpus luteum
31corpus luteum — [ lu:tɪəm] noun (plural corpora lutea lu:tɪə) Anatomy a hormone secreting structure that develops in an ovary after an ovum has been discharged but degenerates after a few days unless pregnancy has begun. Origin C18: from corpus and L. luteum,… …
32corpus 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 …
33corpus luteum — noun (plural corpora lutea) 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 …
34corpus luteum — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The mass of degenerating follicle epithelium left in an egg chamber after discharge of the egg, that sometimes persists and becomes compressed to form a new plug at the entrance to the pedicel …
35corpus luteum — (= corpora lutea (plural) ) Glandular body formed from the Graafian follicle in the ovary following release of the ovum. Secretes progesterone …
36corpus luteum — noun A yellow mass of cells that forms from an ovarian follicle during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle in mammals; it secretes steroid hormones …
37corpus luteum — n. (Gynecology) yellow glandular mass which forms on an ovary after ovulation and secretes the hormone progesterone (if the female does not become pregnant, the mass disappears until the next ovulation) …
38corpus luteum — cor•pus lu•te•um [[t]ˈkɔr pəs ˈlu ti əm[/t]] n. pl. cor•po•ra lu•te•a [[t]ˈkɔr pər ə ˈlu ti ə[/t]] anat. a yellowish structure that develops in the ovary on the site where an ovum is released and that secretes progesterone if fertilization occurs …
39corpus luteum — /ˌkɔpəs ˈlutiəm/ (say .kawpuhs loohteeuhm) noun (plural corpora lutea /ˌkɔpərə ˈlutiə/ (say .kawpuhruh loohteeuh)) a ductless gland which secretes progesterone, developed within the ovary by the reorganisation of a Graafian follicle following… …
40corpus luteum — A temporary endocrine gland formed at ovulation from part of the former egg follicle, and the source of progesterone. See PROGESTERONE, ESTROGEN, MENOPAUSE …
