The story
- Latin · derived fromcorpus“body”
- English todaycorpus luteum
Words from the same roots
Latincorpus all →
corpscorpuscorporalcorporifycorposantcorpotentoriumcorpus vile
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
corpus luteum
Today it means: A yellow mass of cells that forms from an ovarian follicle during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle in mammals; it secretes steroid hormones. Full definition →
Latin corpus