secretory phase

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secretory phase - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]