Corpus luteum Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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

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  1. pl. Corpora lutea . NL., luteous body (Anat.), the reddish yellow mass which fills a ruptured Grafian follicle in the mammalian ovary.

Webster 1913