corpus albicans

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corpus al·bi·cans

(ăl′bĭ-kănz′)

The white fibrous scar tissue in an ovary that results after the involution and regression of the corpus luteum.

[New Latin corpus albicāns : Latin corpus, body + New Latin albicāns, whitening.]

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The hemorrhagic body, corpora lutea, corpus albicans and antral follicles were counted with the aid of a magnifying glass.

Ovarian folliculogenesis in collared peccary, Pecari tajacu (Artiodactyla: Tayassuidae)

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