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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
decidua /dɪˈsɪdjʊə/

▶noun Physiology a thick layer of modified mucous membrane which lines the uterus during pregnancy and is shed with the afterbirth.

– derivatives
decidual adjective.

– origin C18: from mod. L. decidua (membrana), lit. ‘falling off (membrane)’.

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