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Placenta Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Placenta? [n] the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus [n] that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form Synonyms \| Synonyms for Placenta: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Placenta: See Also \| afterbirth \| caul \| embryonic membrane \| ovary \| reproductive structure \| uterus \| vascular structure \| veil \| womb Placenta In Webster's Dictionary \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.

Placenta Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Placenta?

[n] the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus
[n] that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form

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Placenta In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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