nidate

present singular third person nidates · participle present nidating · participle past nidated · past nidated

1. intransitivemedicineTo become implanted in, especially, a uterus.

   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

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   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