Definition of Placenta. Meaning of Placenta. Synonyms of Placenta

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Definition of Placenta

Placenta
Placenta Pla*cen"ta, n.; pl. L. Placent[ae], E. Placentas. [L., a cake, Gr. ? a flat cake, from ? flat, fr. ?, ?, anything flat and broad.] 1. (Anat.) The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth. Note: In most mammals the placenta is principally developed from the allantois and chorion, and tufts of vascular villi on its surface penetrate the blood vessels of the parental uterus, and thus establish a nutritive and excretory connection between the blood of the fetus and that of the parent, though the blood itself does not flow from one to the other. 2. (Bot.) The part of a pistil or fruit to which the ovules or seeds are attached.

Meaning of Placenta from wikipedia

- The placenta (pl.: placentas or placentae) is a temporary embryonic and later fetal organ that begins developing from the blastocyst shortly after implantation...
- Placenta praevia is when the placenta attaches inside the uterus but in a position near or over the cervical opening. Symptoms include ****l bleeding...
- up placenta in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The placenta is a human organ which provides nutrients to a developing embryo or foetus. Placenta may...
- edges of the placenta. After delivery, a cir****vallate placenta has a thick ring of membranes on its fetal surface. Cir****vallate placenta is a placental...
- Placenta cake is a dish from ancient Greece and Rome consisting of many dough layers inters****d with a mixture of cheese and honey and flavored with...
- Retained placenta is a condition in which all or part of the placenta or membranes remain in the uterus during the third stage of labour. Retained placenta can...
- Placenta accreta occurs when all or part of the placenta attaches abnormally to the myometrium (the muscular layer of the uterine wall). Three grades of...
- Placental abruption is when the placenta separates early from the uterus, in other words separates before childbirth. It occurs most commonly around 25...
- umbilical cord uncut after childbirth so that the baby is left attached to the placenta until the cord naturally separates at the umbilicus. This usually occurs...
- A choriovitelline placenta is a placenta formed by the yolk sac and chorion. In a choriovitelline placenta, the yolk sac fuses with the chorion and, subsequently...