DECIDUA
\dɪsˈɪdjuːə], \dɪsˈɪdjuːə], \d_ɪ_s_ˈɪ_d_j_uː_ə]\
Definitions of DECIDUA
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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The inner layer of the wall of the uterus, which envelops the embryo, forms a part of the placenta, and is discharged with it.
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The inner layer of the wall of the uterus, which envelops the embryo, forms a part of the placenta, and is discharged with it.
By Noah Webster.
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The specialized ENDOMETRIUM of pregnancy. Estrogen (ESTROGENS), PROGESTERONE, and other stimuli from the implanting BLASTOCYST transform the secretory endometrium into decidua. Changes include the enlarging of the endometrial STROMAL CELLS into round decidual cells. Each becomes surrounded by a membrane, which forms a scaffolding for TROPHOBLAST attachment. (From Cunningham et al, Williams Obstetrics, 20th ed, p87)
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By William R. Warner
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Decidua membrana.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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An adventitious envelope formed around the fertilized ovum on its entrance into the uterine cavity, consisting of the mucous membrane lining the body of the uterus in a state of heightened development and thickening; so called because it is eventually cast off.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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