SECRETORY PHASE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • 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
   Synonym(s)
   • luteal phase (what does luteal phase mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) secretory phase is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • phase (what does phase mean?)
   • stage (what does stage mean?)