corpora lutea
- plural of corpus luteum.
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These facts alone would be sufficient to disprove the theory that the corpora lutea are organs producing a secretion whose function is to cause the attachment of the embryo to the uterine mucosa.
From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.
We have next to consider the question of the evolution of the corpora lutea.
From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.
In the gravid females examined by me, number of corpora lutea on the ovaries was equal, in all but one instance, to the number of oviducal eggs.
From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.
It would be interesting in this connexion to know more of the relation of egg and embryo to the pouch and to the corpora lutea in Echidna.
From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.
The corpora lutea of various animals are now prepared in powder or tablet form and used in medicine in the treatment of certain diseases of women.
From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by Robinson, William J.
