MeSH definition : The hormone-responsive glandular layer of ENDOMETRIUM that sloughs off at each menstrual
flow (decidua menstrualis) or at the termination of pregnancy. During pregnancy, the
thickest part of the decidua forms the maternal portion of the PLACENTA, thus named
decidua placentalis. The thin portion of the decidua covering the rest of the embryo
is the decidua capsularis.;
MeSH synonym : deciduas; deciduum;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decidua;
The hormone-responsive glandular layer of ENDOMETRIUM that sloughs off at each menstrual
flow (decidua menstrualis) or at the termination of pregnancy. During pregnancy, the
thickest part of the decidua forms the maternal portion of the PLACENTA, thus named
decidua placentalis. The thin portion of the decidua covering the rest of the embryo
is the decidua capsularis.