Placenta

Word PLACENTA
Character 8
Hyphenation pla cen ta
Pronunciations /pləˈsɛntə/

Definitions and meanings of "Placenta"

What do we mean by placenta?

A membranous vascular organ that develops in female eutherian mammals during pregnancy, lining the uterine wall and partially enveloping the fetus, to which it is attached by the umbilical cord. Following birth, the placenta is expelled. noun

A similar organ in marsupial mammals, consisting of a yolk sac attached to the uterine wall. noun

An organ with similar functions in some nonmammalian animals, such as certain sharks and reptiles. noun

The part within the ovary of a flowering plant to which the ovules are attached. noun

In zoöl., anat., and medicine: The organ of attachment of a vertebrate embryo or fetus to the wall of the uterus or womb of the female. noun

In echinoderms, a flat discoidal sea-urchin, as a sand-dollar or cake-urchin: used in a generic sense by Klein, 1734. noun

capitalized A genus of bivalve mollusks, now called Plaruna. noun

In botany, that part of the ovary of flowering plants which bears the ovules. noun

The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth. noun

The part of a pistil or fruit to which the ovules or seeds are attached. noun

A vascular organ in mammals, except monotremes and marsupials, present only in the female during gestation. It supplies food and oxygen from the mother to the foetus, and passes back waste. It is implanted in the wall of the uterus and links to the foetus through the umbilical cord. It is expelled after birth. noun

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

The vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus noun

That part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form noun

A vascular organ in mammals, except monotremes and marsupials, present only in the female during gestation. It supplies food and oxygen from the mother to the foetus, and passes back waste. It is implanted in the wall of the uterus and links to the foetus through the umbilical cord. It is expelled after birth.

It is an endocrine gland which secret human chorionic gonadotropin hormone.The HCG if detected in woman's urine then the pregnancy is confirmed.

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

The lumpy, blood-soaked terror that comes out after the baby and will visit you in your nightmares for years to come. Urban Dictionary

A word used to express anger or to express disapproval in a irregular way, often to draw attention to your predicament or situation. Urban Dictionary

A versitle sack of flesh, commonly used for feeding fetuses and making placenta lasanga. Urban Dictionary

The gunky thing that gets discharged from a woman during labor. Is used to transfer nutrients to the fetus during gestation. Urban Dictionary

The lumpy, blood-soaked terror that comes out after the baby and will visit you in your nightmares for years to come. Urban Dictionary

A tasty nutritous snack Urban Dictionary

A meal made famous by Tom Cruise, who recently proclaimed to an amazed media that after his wife had given birth to their first child they intended to eat the placenta. Placenta also known as "afterbirth" Urban Dictionary

The lumpy, blood-soaked terror that comes out after the baby and will visit you in your nightmares for years to come. Urban Dictionary

The lumpy, blood-soaked terror that comes out after the baby and will visit you in your nightmares for years to come. Urban Dictionary

The lumpy, blood-soaked terror that comes out after the baby and will visit you in your nightmares for years to come. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Placenta

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The word "placenta" in example sentences

They say the placenta is a rich source of stem cells capable of transforming into many types of cells in the body, holding out the hope of using them to treat many human ailments including spinal-cord injury and diabetes. ❋ Unknown (2006)

And unless the little sack [folliculus] of the placenta is the intermediary between the falling blood and the child, [the blood] by penetrating would kill him who is exposed. ❋ Unknown (2005)

I had what they called placenta previa and I nearly bled to death and had a terrible time, but while I was in the hospital, soon thereafter, I was very ill and had to have blood transfusions. ❋ Unknown (1975)

Turns out I didn't write a newsletter for your 59th month, and I blame that entirely on what I call placenta brain, the situation that occurs when a pregnant woman's blood supply is so concentrated on growing someone else's fingers and toes that her brain doesn't have enough juice to complete simple tasks. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And, last of all, the first scan showed that, this time, the placenta is placed towards my back, effectively removing a potential frontal shock absorber from the equation. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In addition, although cows "share" their blood with their unborn calves, the bovine placenta is a natural filter. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Exchange of respiratory gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide) across the placenta from the mother to the fetus and from the fetus to the mother. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Flow of blood across the placenta from the mother to the fetus and from the fetus to the mother. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When the placenta grows across the opening of the cervix, it is described as a placenta previa. ❋ THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE (2008)

These abnormalities in attachment of the placenta are called placenta accreta, placenta increta, and placenta percreta, depending on the depth of invasion of the uterine wall. ❋ THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE (2008)

However, they could get it from mom if the placenta is damaged in the womb, during birth, and from breast milk: but the thought is that only 10% of babies who end up being + after 18 months get it from breast milk. ❋ Jen (2005)

Doctors testifying against him agreed that birth means the separation of the placenta from the wall of the womb, the moment at which the fetus "goes on its own systems" for nourishment and oxygen. ❋ Unknown (1975)

-- Oxygen and nutriment are both supplied to it through the medium of an organ called the placenta, which is a spongy growth, composed almost entirely of blood-vessels, and is developed upon the inner wall of the uterus, at the point where the ovum attaches itself after fecundation. ❋ Unknown (1877)

The placenta adheres to any side of the uterus in natural gestation, or of any other cavity in extra-uterine gestation; the extremities of its arteries and veins probably permeate the arteries of the mother, and absorb from thence through their fine coats the oxygen of the mother's blood; hence when the placenta is withdrawn, the side of the uterus, where it adhered, bleeds; but not the extremities of its own vessels. ❋ Unknown (1803)

Romero R, Kim CJ, Jun JK, Gomez R, et al. (1995) Amniotic fluid interleukin-6: a sensitive test for antenatal diagnosis of acute inflammatory lesions of preterm placenta and prediction of perinatal morbidity. ❋ Vidya Devi Negi Et Al. (2010)

[And the] placenta [hit the floor] ❋ Machetemirage (2008)

[Jessy]: "Scott you dropped your [cup cake]" Scott: "awww [Placenta]!" ❋ Lego Mann (2009)

Honey, [I'm going in] [the other room]. I'll grab the baby, you grab the placenta [basket]. ❋ Bob (2005)

As she went through [labor], her placenta was [discharged] and splatted onto the floor. Was [kinda gross]! ❋ Bronxie (2005)

Hey, you [stole that] definition of placenta from [Cracked] [you asshole]! ❋ Theblobguy (2008)

Hey [Rufus]! Can you [pass over] the placenta [burgers]? ❋ Gronk (2004)

Tom: "honey, do we really have to eat this placenta raw"? Katie: "[I guess so], unless we get a chef to [rustle] up some kinda pepper sauce, or hey, wattabout a salad bed with fries and placenta [l'orange]"? Tom "or, or , or wait.... how about puree' placenta"? ❋ Bradley Pitticus (2006)

[Holy shit] it's a placenta! ❋ Morte42 (2008)

After seeing a placenta during my friend's [wife's] [childbirth], I decided to become [celibate]. ❋ VikaasK (2008)

"Is that a vagina blowing a meat-bubble surgically attached to a [newborn] via a [pulsating] [sausage casing]?" "No, that's just the placenta." ❋ Cracked.com Author (2008)

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