- deciduate placenta
- deciduous placenta a placenta or type of placentation in which the decidua or maternal parts separate from the uterus and are cast off together with the fetal membranes.
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deciduate placenta
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deciduate placenta — deciduate placenta, a placenta which is composed in part of a decidua … Useful english dictionary
Placenta — A temporary organ joining the mother and fetus, the placenta transfers oxygen and nutrients from the mother to the fetus, and permits the release of carbon dioxide and waste products from the fetus. It is roughly disk shaped, and at full term… … Medical dictionary
deciduate — /di sij ooh it/, adj. Anat., Zool. 1. having or characterized by a decidua. 2. (of a placenta) partly formed from the decidua. 3. deciduous (def. 2). [1865 70; < NL deciduatus, equiv. to decidua DECIDUA + L atus ATE1] * * * … Universalium
deciduate — Relating to those mammals ( e.g., humans, dogs, rodents) that shed maternal uterine tissue when expelling the placenta at birth, in contrast to indeciduate mammals (horse, pig). [see deciduation] * * * de·cid·u·ate di sij ə wət … Medical dictionary
deciduate — de•cid•u•ate [[t]dɪˈsɪdʒ u ɪt[/t]] adj. 1) anat. zool. having or characterized by a decidua 2) anat. zool. (of a placenta) partly formed from the decidua 3) anat. zool. deciduous 2) • Etymology: 1865–70; < NL … From formal English to slang
deciduate — ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ wə̇t adjective Etymology: New Latin deciduatus, from decidua + Latin atus ate 1. of a placenta : having the fetal and maternal tissues firmly interlocked so that a layer of maternal tissue is torn away at parturition and forms a… … Useful english dictionary
reproductive system, animal — Introduction any of the organ systems by which animals reproduce. The role of reproduction is to provide for the continued existence of a species; it is the process by which living organisms duplicate themselves. Animals compete with… … Universalium
mammal — mammallike, adj. /mam euhl/, n. any vertebrate of the class Mammalia, having the body more or less covered with hair, nourishing the young with milk from the mammary glands, and, with the exception of the egg laying monotremes, giving birth to… … Universalium
indeciduate — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷wə̇t adjective Etymology: New Latin indeciduatus, from in (I) + deciduatus deciduate of a placenta : having the maternal and fetal elements associated but not fused so that no maternal tissue is carried off in the placenta at… … Useful english dictionary
indeciduate — Relating to the mammals (Indecidua) that do not shed any maternal uterine tissue when expelling the placenta at birth ( e.g., horse, pig), in contrast to deciduate mammals ( e.g., human, dog, rodent) … Medical dictionary
