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):
secretory 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]