Placenta

Meaning

Noun

●

In Anatomy & Obstetrics:

An

in most

during

that

food and

to the

and

back

. It is on the

of the

and

to the

through the

. It is

after birth.

●

In Botany:

In

flowering plants

, the part of the

where

develop; in non-

flowering plants

where the

develop.

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Origin

placenta

English

placenta uterina

Latin

placenta

Latin

πλακόεντα

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

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