See Also: decidua capsularis(medicine)
membrana capsularis(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
decidua(medicine)
decidua(dictionary)
Decidua parietalis(medicine)
decidua vera(medicine)
decidua basalis(medicine)
decidua spongiosa(medicine)
decidua polyposa(medicine)

decidua capsularis (medicine)


decidua capsularis


The layer of endometrium overlying the implanted chorionic vesicle; it becomes progressively attenuated as the chorionic vesicle enlarges and, by the fourth month, is squeezed against the decidua parietalis and thereafter undergoes rapid regression.

Synonym: decidua reflexa, membrana adventitia.