deciduate

[ dih-sij-oo-it ]

adjectiveAnatomy, Zoology.
  1. having or characterized by a decidua.

  2. (of a placenta) partly formed from the decidua.

Origin of deciduate

1
1865–70; <New Latin dēciduātus, equivalent to dēciduadecidua + Latin -ātus-ate1

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