verb
- to undergo transformation into a corpus luteum, or to cause such transformation
Usage: medical; biology
Examples
- The follicle will luteinize after ovulation occurs.
- Hormonal changes cause the ovarian follicle to luteinize.
- The corpus luteum forms when follicular cells luteinize.
- Certain hormones can luteinize ovarian tissue.
- The process begins when the follicle starts to luteinize.