luteal phase

Noun luteal phase has 1 sense

• luteal phase(n = noun.time) secretory phase - 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;
is a part of menstrual cycle
is a kind of phase, stage