decidualizationn.
/dᵻˌsɪdjʊəlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /dᵻˌsɪdʒʊəlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /dəˌsɪdʒ(əw)ələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /dəˌsɪdʒ(əw)əˌlaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Physiology and Medicine.
The condition of being decidualized; the process by which decidua is formed from endometrium.
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1928 Jrnl. Obstetr. & Gynæcol. Brit. Empire 35 405 The ‘decidualization’ is ascribed to hormonic influences received by direct diffusion from the side of the peritoneal cavity.
1947 Jrnl. Mount Sinai Hosp. 189 Hemorrhage into and around it [sc. the cervix] then occurred from imperfect decidualisation.
1975 Nature 24 July 351/3 Section 3 reviews implantation, decidualisation, embryonic development, and chromosomal abnormalities in human abortuses.
2012 M. L. Power & J. Schulkin Evol. Human Placenta viii. 222 Menstruation does serve to prime the uterus for more effective decidualization.
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