Crossword clues for decidua
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Decidua \De*cid"u*a\ (?; 135), n. [NL., fr. L. deciduus. See Deciduous.] (Anat.) The inner layer of the wall of the uterus, which envelops the embryo, forms a part of the placenta, and is discharged with it. [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) A mucous membrane that lines the uterus and is shed during menstruation and modified during pregnancy
WordNet
n. the epithelial tissue of the endometrium
[also: deciduae (pl)]
Wikipedia
Decidua is the term for the uterine lining ( endometrium) during a pregnancy, which forms the maternal part of the placenta. It is formed under the influence of estrogen and forms highly characteristic cells.
Usage examples of "decidua".
The dartos was a puzzle, the central spinal canal a myth, the decidua clothed in fable as much as the golden fleece.
Fanned by a constant updraught of ventilation between the kitchen and the chimneyflue, ignition was communicated from the faggots of precombustible fuel to polyhedral masses of bituminous coal, containing in compressed mineral form the foliated fossilised decidua of primeval forests which had in turn derived their vegetative existence from the sun, primal source of heat (radiant), transmitted through omnipresent luminiferous diathermanous ether.