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Definition: Decidua |
DeciduaNoun1. The epithelial tissue of the endometrium. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Decidua \De*cid"u*a\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Latin expression deciduus. See Deciduous.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Health | The epithelial lining of the endometrium that is formed before the fertilized ovum reaches the uterus. The fertilized ovum embeds in the decidua. If the ovum is not fertilized, the decidua is shed during menstruation. (references) |
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Crosswords: Decidua |
| English words defined with "decidua": Deciduata, Deciduate ♦ Ilex decidua, Indeciduate ♦ Larix decidua ♦ Nondeciduate. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "decidua": Transforming Growth Factor alpha. (references) |
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Expressions using "decidua": ilex decidua ♦ larix decidua. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
decidua larix | 10 |
decidua | 6 |
decidua dental pulpa | 5 |
decidua larix pendula | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "decidua"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | decidua, moderhinden. (various references) | |
Dutch | decidua membrana, decidua, membrana decidua, membrana caduca, caduca. (various references) | |
French | décidue, membrane déciduale, membrane caduque, caduque. (various references) | |
German | Dezidua, Decidua uterina, Decidua, Siebhaut, Membrana decidua, Membrana caduca, Caduca. (various references) | |
Greek | φθαρτός υμήν. (various references) | |
Italian | decidua. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eciduaday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | decídua. (various references) | |
Spanish | decidua. (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "decidua": deciduae, decidual, deciduas, deciduate. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "decidua" (pronounced 'De*cid"u*a'): Acicula, Actinula, Alula, Aquila, Auricula, Campanula, Cannicula, Capitula, Comatula, Copula, Cunabula, Cytula, Faecula, Fecula, fibula, Forficula, Lacinula, Lenticula, Ligula, macula, Mesoscapula, Monerula, morula, Nebula, Nubecula, Orbicula, Papula, Pennatula, Perula, Planula, Postscapula, Presscapula, Pseudonavicula, Radula, ranula, Retinula, Rotula, scapula, Scopula, Scrobicula, scrofula, Setula, Silicula, spatula, spirula, Squamula, Statua, Stipula, Synapticula, Tabula, Tegula, Terebratula, Tipula, trabecula, Ulula, Vaginula, vallecula, Vesicula, Yajur-Veda. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-d-e-i-u" | |
-1 letter: adduce, caddie, cuddie. | |
-2 letters: adieu, aided, diced. | |
-3 letters: aced, acid, aide, cade, cadi, caid, cedi, cued, dace, dead, dice, died, duad, duce, duci, dude, iced, idea. | |
-4 letters: ace, add, aid, cad, cud, cue, dad, did, die, dud, due, dui, eau, ecu, ice. | |
-5 letters: ad, ae, ai, de, ed, id. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-d-e-i-u" | |
+1 letter: deciduae, decidual, deciduas. | |
+2 letters: adductive, deciduate, jaundiced. | |
+3 letters: acidulated, adjudicate, duodecimal, duplicated, elucidated. | |
+4 letters: adjudicated, adjudicates, candidature, discouraged, duodecimals, endocardium, miseducated, undecidable, undedicated, unmedicated. | |
+5 letters: adjudicative, candidatures, decarburized, denticulated, outdistanced, radionuclide, redundancies, reduplicated, unaccredited, unbarricaded, undischarged, undistracted, unduplicated. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 63 69 64 75 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . -.-. .. -.. ..- .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01100011 01101001 01100100 01110101 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e c i d u a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 0063 0069 0064 0075 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38716975708767 |
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