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LUTEAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the corpus luteum
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
corpus luteum (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)
Derivation:
corpus luteum (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)