Medical Definition of Hunter's membrane

1. The mucous membrane of the pregnant uterus that has already undergone certain changes, under the influence of the ovulation cycle, to fit it for the implantation and nutrition of the ovum; so-called because the membrane is cast off after labour. Synonym: membrana decidua, caduca, decidua, Hunter's membrane. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hunter's Membrane

Hunt's neuralgia
Hunt's paradoxical phenomenon
Hunt's syndrome
huntable
hunted
huntedly
hunted person
hunter
hunter
Hunter's canal
hunter's chicken
Hunter's glossitis
Hunter's gubernaculum
Hunter's ligament
Hunter's line
Hunter's membrane
Hunter's operation
hunter's sauce
Hunter's syndrome
hunter-gatherer
Hunter-Schreger bands
Hunter-Schreger lines
hunters
Hunter and Driffield curve
Hunter syndrome
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hunting
Huntingdon elm
Huntingdon willow
huntings

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