Usually means: Lining of the uterus; pregnancy.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word decidua:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. decidua: Merriam-Webster
  2. decidua: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. decidua: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. decidua: Collins English Dictionary
  5. decidua: Vocabulary.com
  6. decidua: Wordnik
  7. decidua: Wiktionary
  8. decidua: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. decidua: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. decidua: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. decidua: Dictionary.com
  12. Decidua: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Decidua: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. decidua: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. decidua: Rhymezone
  16. Decidua: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. decidua: FreeDictionary.org
  18. decidua: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. decidua: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. decidua: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. decidua: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  6. Decidua: Gray's Anatomy (1918)
  7. decidua: Medical Etymology Anatomy
  8. decidua: Medical dictionary

(Note: See deciduae as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (decidua)

▸ noun:  (anatomy) A mucous membrane that lines the uterus and is shed during menstruation and modified during pregnancy.

Similar:
choriodecidua, chorion, pinopod, uterine gland, deutovum, epitrichium, trophoblast, pseudoplacenta, placentary, amnioserosa, more...

Opposite:
persistent, evergreen, non-deciduous

Types:
chorionic, amniotic, yolk sac, allantois, umbilical cord, more...

Phrases:
decidua basalis, Larix decidua, decidua parietalis, decidua vera, uterine decidua, more...

Adjectives:
human, uterine, maternal, early, true, necrotic, basal, membrana, ectopic, parietal, placental

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Similar:
choriodecidua, chorion, pinopod, uterine gland, deutovum, epitrichium, trophoblast, pseudoplacenta, placentary, amnioserosa, more...

Opposite:
persistent, evergreen, non-deciduous

Types:
chorionic, amniotic, yolk sac, allantois, umbilical cord, more...

Phrases:
decidua basalis, Larix decidua, decidua parietalis, decidua vera, uterine decidua, ilex decidua, basal decidua, parietal decidua, capsular decidua, decidua reflexa, decidua serotina, decidua capsularis, more...

Adjectives:
human, uterine, maternal, early, true, necrotic, basal, membrana, ectopic, parietal, placental



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