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://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0002770 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30429548 NCIT:C32429 Wiki:Decidualization&oldid=908981933 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30013421 Wiki:Decidual_cells&oldid=937509751 ]
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