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corpus luteum en · NOUN

Etymology

From Latin corpus (“body”) + lūteum (“yellow”).

Meanings

1. 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. 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 546:

Forms

Deriveds

haemolutein

Translations (14)

el ωχρό σωμάτιο (yellow mass of cells that forms from an ovarian follicle) · pl ciałko żółte (yellow mass of cells that forms from an ovarian follicle) · es cuerpo lúteo (yellow mass of cells that forms from an ovarian follicle) · cmn 黃體 /黄体 (yellow mass of cells that forms from an ovarian follicle) · kmr tenê zer (yellow mass of cells that forms from an ovarian follicle) · fo øksl (yellow mass of cells that forms from an ovarian follicle) · fi keltarauhanen (yellow mass of cells that forms from an ovarian follicle) · sv gulkropp (yellow mass of cells that forms from an ovarian follicle) · it corpo luteo (yellow mass of cells that forms from an ovarian follicle) · hu sárgatest (yellow mass of cells that forms from an ovarian follicle) · de Gelbkörper (yellow mass of cells that forms from an ovarian follicle) · ru жёлтое те́ло (yellow mass of cells that forms from an ovarian follicle) · ja 黄体 (yellow mass of cells that forms from an ovarian follicle) · ms korpus luteum (yellow mass of cells that forms from an ovarian follicle)