luteal
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of luteal
First recorded in 1925–30; (corpus) lute(um) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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“Even during your luteal phase, if you take the lighter class, you’re still challenging yourself.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026
These kinds of extreme symptoms started a week before her period when she was in what's known as the luteal phase of her menstrual cycle and for years she had believed it was completely normal.
From BBC • Aug. 12, 2024
The findings prompted D'Souza and Wageh to dig deeper into physiological differences across the menstrual cycle, broadly categorized into follicular, ovulatory, and luteal phases.
From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2023
The researchers studied the changes that took place when the participants underwent two phases of the menstrual cycle: the follicular phase and the luteal phase.
From Scientific American • Sep. 21, 2023
Marshall himself examined sections of the corpus luteum of Ornithorhynchus and saw much hypertrophied and apparently fully developed luteal cells, but no trace of any ingrowth from the wall of the follicle.
From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.
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