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Word: Placenta
Speech Type: Noun
mid 17th century: from Latin, from Greek plakous, plakount- ‘flat cake’, based on plax, plak- ‘flat plate’
pləˈsɛntə
a flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant eutherian mammals, nourishing and maintaining the fetus through the umbilical cord.
Short Definition:flattened circular organ in uterus of pregnant eutherian mammals, nourishing and maintaining fetus through umbilical cord
(in flowers) part of the ovary wall to which the ovules are attached.
Short Definition:(in flowers) part of ovary wall to which ovules are attached
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