corpus luteum
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1. 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 (noun.body)
| part meronym | : | graafian follicle, |
| definition | : | a vascular body in a mammalian ovary enclosing a developing egg (noun.body) |
| derivation | : | luteal, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the corpus luteum (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | luteal, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the corpus luteum (adj.pert) |
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