deciduitis

[dih-sij-oo-ahy-tis]

de·cid·u·i·tis

[dih-sij-oo-ahy-tis]
noun Pathology.
inflammation of the decidua.

Origin:
< Neo-Latin; see decidua, -itis
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Deciduitis has a plethora of syllables.
So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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deciduitis de·cid·u·i·tis (dĭ-sĭj'&oomacr;-ī'tĭs)
n.
Inflammation of the decidua.

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