n. A mucous membrane that lines the uterus and is shed during menstruation and modified during pregnancy
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The inner layer of the wall of the uterus, which envelops the embryo, forms a part of the placenta, and is discharged with it.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In physiology, a membrane arising from alteration of the upper layer of the mucous membrane of the uterus, after the reception into the latter of the impregnated ovum, the name being given to it because it is discharged at parturition.
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n. the epithelial tissue of the endometrium
Word Usage
"The peculiar tissue growth within the uterus called decidua, which occurs normally in pregnancy and serves to fasten the developing ovum to the inner lining of the uterus, may be produced experimentally."