corpus luteum
nounEtymology
From Latin corpus (“body”) + lūteum (“yellow”).
Definitions
A yellow mass of cells that forms from an ovarian follicle during the luteal phase of the…
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.
- The role of the corpus luteum in the oestrous cycle and in pregnancy was shown in 1929 by G. W. Corner (1889–1981) and Willard Allen (1904–93) to depend on a hormone named progestin, later called progesterol.
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