SECRETORY PHASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does secretory phase mean? 

• SECRETORY PHASE (noun)
  The noun SECRETORY PHASE has 1 sense:

1. the second half of the menstrual cycle after ovulation; the corpus luteum secretes progesterone which prepares the endometrium for the implantation of an embryo; if fertilization does not occur then menstrual flow begins

  Familiarity information: SECRETORY PHASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SECRETORY PHASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The second half of the menstrual cycle after ovulation; the corpus luteum secretes progesterone which prepares the endometrium for the implantation of an embryo; if fertilization does not occur then menstrual flow begins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

luteal phase; secretory phase

Hypernyms ("secretory phase" is a kind of...):

phase; stage (any distinct time period in a sequence of events)

Holonyms ("secretory phase" is a part of...):

menstrual cycle (a recurring cycle (beginning at menarche and ending at menopause) in which the endometrial lining of the uterus prepares for pregnancy; if pregnancy does not occur the lining is shed at menstruation)

 Context examples 

PP14, a 162 amino acid glycosylated protein secreted by the late secretory phase endometrium, binds to T cells in a carbohydrate fashion and has been shown to induce T-cell apoptosis; maternal immune tolerance to the fetus and pregnancy-related remissions of autoimmune disease may involve PP14-induced T cell apoptosis.

(HLA-Matched Donor Mononuclear Cell-Enriched Leukocytes Apocell, NCI Thesaurus)

Norethindrone binds to the intracellular progesterone receptors in the reproductive system and the activated ligand/receptor complex interacts with specific DNA response elements, resulting in an alteration in protein synthesis; inhibition of luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) release; inhibition of ovulation; an increase in cervical mucus production; and induction of the secretory phase of the endometrial cycle.

(Estradiol/Norethindrone Acetate Tablet, NCI Thesaurus)