luteolysis means the structural and functional degradation of the corpus luteum, occurring at the end of the luteal phase of both the estrous and menstrual cycles in the absence of pregnancy. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From luteo- + -lysis.
noun
- The structural and functional degradation of the corpus luteum, occurring at the end of the luteal phase of both the estrous and menstrual cycles in the absence of pregnancy.