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NIDATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nidation mean?
• NIDATION (noun)
The noun NIDATION has 1 sense:
1. (embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals
Familiarity information: NIDATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
implantation; nidation
Hypernyms ("nidation" is a kind of...):
biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)
Domain category:
embryology (the branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms)
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