decidualizedadj.
/dᵻˈsɪdʒʊəlʌɪzd/, /dᵻˈsɪdʒᵿlʌɪzd/, /dᵻˈsɪdʒl̩ʌɪzd/, /dᵻˈsɪdjʊəlʌɪzd/, /dᵻˈsɪdjᵿlʌɪzd/, U.S. /dəˈsɪdʒ(ə)wəˌlaɪzd/, /dəˈsɪdʒəˌlaɪzd/ Physiology and Medicine.
Of endometrial cells or tissue: exhibiting changes characteristic of decidua; having undergone decidualization.
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deciduous1774
decidual1806
cervical1860
parametrial1903
paracervical1922
decidualized1943
1943 S. Afr. Med. Jrnl. 17 114/1 The endometrium..has reached an anatomical condition which could well be regarded as little more than a maze of delicate capillaries set in a glandularised and decidualised stroma.
1994 D. Tulchinsky & A. B. Little Maternal–Fetal Endocrinol. (ed. 2) xvii. 345/1 In the case of the rat, the cells that penetrate the basal lamina are not trophoblast cells but the decidualized stromal cells.
2009 M. R. Nucci & E. Oliva Gynecol. Pathol. 227 After fertilization, predecidualized cells are transformed into decidualized cells (or decidua vera).
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1943