placenta
IPA: pɫʌsˈɛntʌ
noun
- (anatomy) An organ in most mammals during gestation that supplies food and oxygen to the foetus and passes back waste. It is on the wall of the uterus and links to the foetus through the umbilical cord. It is expelled after birth.
- (botany) In flowering plants, the part of the ovary where ovules develop; in non-flowering plants where the spores develop.
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Examples of "placenta" in Sentences
- It is also expressed in the placenta.
- Normally, the cord inserts into the middle of the placenta.
- It can cause the separation of the placenta from the uterus.
- They supply nutrition and oxygen to the fetus via the placenta.
- The virus may have already crossed the placenta to infect the fetus.
- The chorionic villi comprise the majority of the functional placenta.
- Blood from the placenta is carried to the fetus by the umbilical vein.
- Placenta previa is when the placenta implants over the opening of the cervix.
- Data on the exact purpose of the placenta extract is sketchy and hard to find.
- Another important vertebrate syncytium is in the placenta of placental mammals.
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