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Word Meanings - DECIDUA - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

Related words: (words related to DECIDUA)

  • EMBRYO SAC
    See EMBRYONIC
  • EMBRYOTOMY
    The cutting a fetus into pieces within the womb, so as to effect its removal.
  • INNERVATION
    Special activity excited in any part of the nervous system or in any organ of sense or motion; the nervous influence necessary for the maintenance of life,and the functions of the various organs. (more info) 1. The act of innerving or stimulating.
  • EMBRYON
    See EMBRYO
  • PLACENTARY
    Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
  • EMBRYOGRAPHY
    The general description of embryos.
  • LAYERING
    A propagating by layers. Gardner.
  • INNERLY
    More within. Baret.
  • EMBRYOTROPH
    The material from which an embryo is formed and nourished.
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • EMBRYOPLASTIC
    Relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo; as, embryoplastic cells.
  • EMBRYONATE; EMBRYONATED
    In the state of, or having, an embryonal.
  • EMBRYOLOGIST
    One skilled in embryology.
  • INNERMOSTLY
    In the innermost place. His ebon cross worn innermostly. Mrs. Browning.
  • EMBRYONIC
    Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary. Embryonic sac or vesicle , the vesicle within which the embryo is developed in the ovule; -- sometimes called also amnios sac, and embryonal sac.
  • WHICH
    the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
  • UTERUS
    The organ of a female mammal in which the young are developed previous to birth; the womb. Note: The uterus is simply an enlargement of the oviduct, and in the lower mammals there is one on each side, but in the higher forms the two become more
  • PLACENTA
    The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth. Note: In most mammals the placenta is principally developed from the allantois and chorion, and tufts of vascular villi
  • EMBRYONARY
    Embryonic.
  • EMBRYOTIC
    Embryonic.
  • WAYLAYER
    One who waylays another.
  • PROEMBRYO
    The series of cells formed in the ovule of a flowering plant after fertilization, but before the formation of the embryo. The primary growth from the spore in certain cryptogamous plants; as, the proembryo, or protonema, of mosses.
  • TWINNER
    One who gives birth to twins; a breeder of twins. Tusser.
  • TRACKLAYER
    Any workman engaged in work involved in putting the track in place. -- Track"lay`ing, n.
  • DINNERLY
    Of or pertaining to dinner. The dinnerly officer. Copley.
  • DISPLAYER
    One who, or that which, displays.
  • MONEMBRYONY
    The condition of an ovule having but a single embryo. -- Mon*em`bry*on"ic, a.
  • INEMBRYONATE
    Not embryonate.
  • PSEUDEMBRYO
    A false embryo. An asexual form from which the true embryo is produced by budding.
  • APLACENTAL
    Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta.

 

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