LUTEAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does luteal mean? 

• LUTEAL (adjective)
  The adjective LUTEAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the corpus luteum

  Familiarity information: LUTEAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LUTEAL (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)

 Context examples 

Prostaglandin F2 alpha stimulates myometrial activity, relaxes the cervix, inhibits corpus luteal steroidogenesis, and induces luteolysis by direct action on the corpus luteum.

(Dinoprost, NCI Thesaurus)