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decidua

UK/dɪˈsɪdʒʊə/

decidua noun: a mucous membrane that lines the uterus and is shed during menstruation and modified during pregnancy.

Noun

decidua (plural deciduas or deciduae)

  1. A mucous membrane that lines the uterus and is shed during menstruation and modified during pregnancy.

decidua meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

decidua in Tamil

சினைப்பருவச் சவ்வு, இளங்கொடி, கருத்தரித்தகருப்பை உட்படலம் உதிர், குழந்தையுடன் வெளியேறும் கரு, நஞ்சு, வளர்பைச் சவ்வு

decidua in Indonesian

a mucous membrane that lines the uterus
desidua

Forms of decidua

pluraldeciduas
pluraldeciduae

Origin of decidua

From Latin dēciduus (“falling down or off”), from dēcidō (“fall down”).

Words formed from decidua

Questions about decidua

What does decidua mean?
Decidua means a mucous membrane that lines the uterus and is shed during menstruation and modified during pregnancy.
What is decidua in Tamil?
Decidua in Tamil is சினைப்பருவச் சவ்வு, இளங்கொடி, கருத்தரித்தகருப்பை உட்படலம் உதிர். See Decidua meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is decidua?
Decidua is a noun.
How do you pronounce decidua?
Decidua is pronounced /dɪˈsɪdʒʊə/ (UK).
What is the plural of decidua?
The plural of decidua is deciduas.

Words near decidua in the dictionary

  1. deciding on
  2. deciding upon
  3. decidingly
  4. decidings
  5. decidophobia
  6. decidua
  7. deciduae
  8. decidual
  9. decidualisation
  10. decidualise
  11. decidualised

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decidua (page history and authors); decidua (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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