Definitions for decidua

decidua de·cid·u·a

Spelling: [dih-sij-oo-uh]
IPA: /dɪˈsɪdʒ u ə/

Decidua is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 113 anagrams from letters in decidua (acddeiu).

Definitions for decidua

noun

  1. the endometrium of a pregnant uterus that in many of the higher mammals is cast off at parturition.

Origin of decidua

1775-85; New Latin, noun use of feminine of Latin dēciduus falling; see deciduous

Examples for decidua

Folds of this nature, which are specially developed in Man and Apes, are known as a decidua reflexa.

As has already been mentioned, the placenta is formed of the decidua serotina and the fœtal villi of the chorion frondosum.

The chorion frondosum, together with the decidua serotina, gives rise to the placenta.

So the decidua reflex is to pass away with the birth, and the decidua vera is to change back again into its normal condition.

The decidua reflexa and serotina together envelop the chorion, the processes of which fit into crypts in them.

The decidua reflexa of the Rat is reduced to extreme tenuity, or even vanishes before the close of gestation.

The decidua reflexa, on the disappearance of the vessels in the chorion lve, becomes non-vascular.

This ovum, though probably not more than thirteen days old, was completely enclosed by a decidua reflexa.

At its edge it is continuous both with the decidua reflexa and decidua vera.

The outer one of these is the inner lining of the womb itself, known as the decidua vera.

Word Value for decidua
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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