contradeciduateadj.
/ˌkɒntrədɪˈsɪd(j)uːət/ Denoting that condition in certain animals in which the placenta remains in the uterus after birth and is broken up and absorbed.
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contradeciduate1897
1897 T. J. Parker & W. A. Haswell Text-bk. Zool. II. 562 In the Mole and the Bandicoot not only is there no decidua thrown off, but the fœtal placenta with the distal portion of the allantois does not pass out after the fœtus, but remains, and is broken up or absorbed in the uterus. Such a condition has been termed contra-deciduate.
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