A specialized, enlarged, connective tissue cell of the decidua with enlarged nucleus, dense membrane‐bound secretory granules and cytoplasmic accumulation of glycogen and lipid droplets. These cells develop by the transformation of endometrial stromal cells during decidualization. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30429548 Wiki:Decidualization&oldid=908981933 NCIT:C32429 Wiki:Decidual_cells&oldid=937509751 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30013421 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0002770 ]
Synonyms: decidual stromal cell decidua cell
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- extraembryonic cell
- stromal cell
- mesoderm-derived structure
- part of some decidua
- develops from some stromal cell of endometrium