decidualadj.
/dᵻˈsɪdjʊəl/, /dᵻˈsɪdʒʊəl/, U.S. /dəˈsɪdʒəwəl/ Physiology and Medicine.
Of or relating to decidua; of the nature of or consisting of decidua.
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deciduous1774
decidual1806
cervical1860
parametrial1903
paracervical1922
decidualized1943
1806 Edinb. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 2 3 Whilst these changes are going on, the body of the uterus begins also to form the decidual efflorescence.
1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 653 These two decidual coats.
1889 W. S. Playfair Treat. Sci. & Pract. Midwifery (ed. 7) I. ii. ix. 264 The decidual cells are greatly increased in size.
1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) xxxvi. 1004 The decidua may be shed from the uterus as a decidual cast.
1989 J. A. B. Collier & J. M. Longmore Oxf. Handbk. Clin. Specialties (ed. 2) i. 24 Trophoblastic hormones cause a decidual reaction in the uterus.
2010 T. W. Sadler Langman's Med. Embryol. (ed. 11) vii. 111/2 The space between the chorionic and decidual plates is filled with intervillous lakes of maternal blood.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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