corpus luteum

English

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Etymology

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

Noun

corpus luteum (plural corpora lutea)

1. (anatomy) 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.

Translations

yellow mass of cells that forms from an ovarian follicle

• Chinese: 黃體, 黄体 (huáng tǐ)
• Faroese: øksl (fo) n
• Finnish: keltarauhanen (fi)
• German: Gelbkörper (de) m

• Italian: corpo luteo (it) m
• Japanese: 黄体 (ja) (おうたい, ōtai)
• Malay: korpus luteum (ms)
• Russian: жёлтое тело (ru) (žóltoje télo) n