deciduate

UK/dɪˈsɪdʒʊət/

deciduate adjective: having, or characterized by, a decidua.

Adjective

deciduate (not comparable)

deciduate (plural deciduates)

An animal that sheds a decidua.
- In the non-deciduates this relation is one of simple contact; but this same relation has been likewise observed in mammiferous deciduates, whether they have the zonarial or the discoidal form of placenta.1884, Giovanni Battista Ercolani, The Reproductive process, page 405
- Still more characteristic of the deciduates is the peculiar and very intimate connection between the chorion frondosum and the corresponding part of the mucous coat of the womb, which we must regard as a real coalescence of the two.1905, Ernst Haeckel, Joseph McCabe, The evolution of the species of phylogeny, page 616

deciduate (third-person singular simple present deciduates, present participle deciduating, simple past and past participle deciduated)

To shed or release (a part of itself).
- In favorable situations, the shrub carries leaves throughout the year, but more often it largely deciduates in the spring dry season .1998, Paul Schultz Martin, Gentry's R’o Mayo Plants, page 431
- When it rains, it deciduates its tart perfume and breathes it through the house.2005, The Bulletin - Volumes 6494-6500, page 68
To be shed or released from what (the subject) was originally part of.
- The Pythagorean Monad was not, therefore,to his mind, an abstraction in which no personality inhered; but a true living God, out of which All is, and in whom All exists; the eternal Being, out of which Existence springs, and from which Life, in its individual and personal forms, deciduates.1856, The British Controversialist
- It follows, therefore, that the line of demarcation between a diffused non-deciduate, and a zonary deciduate placenta, is not so sharp as has usually been supposed, but is graded over by the ruminant polycotyledonary placenta, in which the epithelial layer is the preponderating if not the only...1876, Sir William Turner, Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy of the Placenta

உதிரும், உதிர்தல், உதிர்த்தல்

Noun
plural	deciduates
Verb
third-person singular present	deciduates
present participle	deciduating
past participle	deciduated
past	deciduated

From decidua + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

From the substantivation of the above adjective. Equivalent to decidua + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

From decidua + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

What does deciduate mean?: Deciduate means having, or characterized by, a decidua.
What is deciduate in Tamil?: Deciduate in Tamil is உதிரும், உதிர்தல், உதிர்த்தல். See Deciduate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is deciduate?: Deciduate can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce deciduate?: Deciduate is pronounced /dɪˈsɪdʒʊət/ (UK).

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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