verb
- undergoes or causes to undergo luteinization, the process by which ovarian follicles transform into corpus luteum after ovulation
Usage: medical; biology
Examples
- The follicle luteinizes after the egg is released during ovulation.
- Hormonal changes cause the ovarian tissue to luteinize.
- The corpus luteum forms when the follicle luteinizes.
- Researchers studied how the ovarian follicle luteinizes in different mammals.
- The process by which the follicle luteinizes is controlled by luteinizing hormone.