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decidua (medicine)


decidua
<anatomy> The inner layer of the wall of the uterus, which envelops the embryo, forms a part of the placenta, and is discharged with it.

Origin: NL, fr. L. Deciduus. See Deciduous.

Source: Websters Dictionary