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noun
A mucous membrane that lines the uterus and is shed during menstruation and modified during pregnancy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the epithelial tissue of the endometrium
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: epithelium, epithelial tissue
History
From Latin dēciduus (“falling down or off”), from dēcidō (“fall down”).
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
