decidual

See also: décidual

English

Etymology

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, 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, volume 279, number 5358, →DOI, pages 1922–1925:
      Uterine response to mechanical traumatization (decidual stimulation) is a progesterone receptor (PR)-dependent process (22 ).
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