nidate
verb1
Medicine, Physiology, Sciences To become implanted in, especially, a uterus.
- They are essential for the integrity of the cell shape, and would theoretically be important for the ability of the cells to nidate in vessels and transgress capillary walls.1983, Invasion & Metastasis, Karger Publishers, page 9:
- The early embryo nidated into the endometrium (decidua) is a fluid-filled sphere which contains smaller fluid-containing sacs in addition to the embryonic disc.2000, P. Ebbesen, “1.3: Placenta Physiology”, in Pierre Ambroise-Thomas, Eskild Petersen, editors, Congenital Toxoplasmosis: Scientific Background, Clinical Management and Control, page 27:
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- At the same time the maternal protective systems help the conceptus to successfully implant and then nidate and grow.2014, Pankaj Desai, Recurrent Spontaneous Miscarriages, page 46:
- Related terms
- nidation, nidatory, nidifugous