placenta

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/pləˈsɛntə/

Definition of placenta

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noun

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.

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noun

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.
In flowering plants, the part of the ovary where ovules develop; in non-flowering plants where the spores develop.

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Etymology

Elision for phrases such as New Latin placenta uterī (“womb cake”), placenta uterīna (“uterine cake”), from Latin placenta (“flat cake”), because of the flat round shape of the afterbirth. Doublet of palacsinta and palatschinke.

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