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Placenta   /pləsˈɛntə/   Listen
Placenta

noun
(pl. L. placentae, E. placentas)
1.
That part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form.
2.
The vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus.



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"Placenta" Quotes from Famous Books



... from the tail or posterior extremity of the body to the hind-limbs, and known as the interfemoral membrane. The penis is pendent; the testes are abdominal or inguinal; the teats, usually two in number, thoracic; the uterus is simple or with more or less long cornua; the placenta discoidal and deciduate; and the smooth cerebral hemispheres do not extend backwards over the cerebellum. The teeth comprise incisors, canines, premolars and molars; and the dental formula never exceeds i. 2/3, c. 1/1, p. 3/8, m. 3/3; total 38. Despite the forward position ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 - "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" • Various
... placenta, because it resembles the form of a cake, and is knit both to the navel and chorion, and makes up the greatest part of the secundine or after-birth. The flesh of it is like that of the melt or spleen, soft, red and tending something to blackness, and hath many small veins and arteries in it: and ...
— The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher • Anonymous


Words linked to "Placenta" :   placental, afterbirth, uterus, caul, veil, vascular structure, embryonic membrane, womb, ovary, Placuna placenta, reproductive structure


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