corpus luteum

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.
   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, p. 546:

     The role of the corpus luteum in the oestrous cycle and in pregnancy was shown in 1929 by G. W. Corner (1889–1981) and Willard Allen (1904–93) to depend on a hormone named progestin, later called progesterol.

Translations

yellow mass of cells that forms from an ovarian follicle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黃體／黄体 (zh) (huángtǐ), 黄体 (zh) (huángtǐ)

• Faroese: øksl n
• Finnish: keltarauhanen (fi)
• German: Gelbkörper m
• Greek: ωχρό σωμάτιο n (ochró somátio)
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• Italian: corpo luteo (it) m
• Japanese: 黄体 (おうたい, ōtai)
• Kurdish:
• Malay: korpus luteum
• Russian: жёлтое те́ло n (žóltoje télo)
• Spanish: cuerpo lúteo m
• Swedish: gulkropp (sv) c