deciduate

a. [医]有蜕膜的, 脱落性的

发音

UK /dɪˈsɪdʒʊət/

词形变化

deciduates 复数 deciduates deciduated deciduates 三单 deciduating deciduating 现在分词 deciduated 过去式 deciduated 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An animal that sheds a decidua.

v.
  1. 1.

    To shed or release (a part of itself).

  2. 2.

    To be shed or released from what (the subject) was originally part of.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Having, or characterized by, a decidua.

    医学

    deciduate placenta

词源

From the substantivation of the above adjective. Equivalent to decidua + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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