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genoise (iou) and corpus atreticum (medicine)


genoise (iou)



genoise noun. Chiefly N. Amer. Also Genoise. M20.
[French, fem. of genois of GENOA.]
= GENOESE sponge.

corpus atreticum (medicine)


corpus atreticum -->
atretic ovarian follicle


A follicle that degenerates before coming to maturity; great numbers of such atretic follicle's occur in the ovary before puberty; in the sexually mature woman, several are formed each month.

Synonym: corpus atreticum.