Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun secretory_phase

1 sense of secretory phase

Sense 1
secretory phase, luteal 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)
       => phase, stage -- (any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected")