- closing plug
- a fibrinous coagulum of blood that fills the defect in the endometrial epithelium created by implantation of the blastocyst; within two days it is covered by regenerated uterine epithelium.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
plug — [plug] n. [MDu plugge, a bung, plug, block, akin to Ger pflock] 1. an object used to stop up a hole, gap, outlet, etc. 2. a natural concretion or formation that stops up a passage, duct, etc. 3. a small wedge or segment cut from something, as… … English World dictionary
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plug — Any mass filling a hole or closing an orifice. Dittrich plugs minute, dirty grayish, ill smelling masses of bacteria and fatty acid crystals in the sputum in pulmonary gangrene and fetid bronchitis. SYN … Medical dictionary
closing — n. shutting; conclusion (of a speech, etc.) adj. shutting; concluding, ending, summarizing kləʊs n. end, conclusion; act of closing; enclosed area; plug v. shut; be shut; finish, complete adj. near, adjacent; intimate; careful; oppressive;… … English contemporary dictionary
closing coagulum — see under plug … Medical dictionary
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