deciduate
Americanadjective
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having or characterized by a decidua.
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(of a placenta) partly formed from the decidua.
Etymology
Origin of deciduate
1865–70; < New Latin dēciduātus, equivalent to dēcidua decidua + Latin -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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From the lemurs, on the other hand, the form of the brain, the character of the teeth, the structure of the skull, and the deciduate discoidal placenta at once separate the group.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
The uterus is two-horned, and the teats are abdominal and variable in number; while the placenta is deciduate, and almost always zonary.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
Placenta deciduate and dome-like, composed of an aggregation of numerous discoidal lobes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
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