decidual

See also: décidual

English

Etymology

From decidua +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [dɪˈsɪd͡ʒʊəɫ]

Adjective

decidual (not comparable)

1. of or relating to the decidua
   • 2000 January 21, Chenguang Xu et al., “A Critical Role for Murine Complement Regulator Crry in Fetomaternal Tolerance”, in Science‎^[1], volume 287, number 5452, →DOI, pages 498–501:

     In addition, Crry is also expressed in the maternally derived decidual tissues (Fig. 2 A).

   • 1998 March 20, Jianming Xu et al., “Partial Hormone Resistance in Mice with Disruption of the Steroid Receptor Coactivator-1 (SRC-1) Gene”, in Science‎^[2], volume 279, number 5358, →DOI, pages 1922–1925:

     Uterine response to mechanical traumatization (decidual stimulation) is a progesterone receptor (PR)-dependent process (22 ).

Derived terms

• decidualise
• decidualize
• predecidual