Search Result for "luteal phase":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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;
[syn: secretory phase, luteal phase]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

luteal phase
    n 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
         [syn: secretory phase, luteal phase]