placenta at CMU American English spelling Of Explained:

[plə'sentə]

placenta at English irregular forms Of Explained:

(pl) placentae

placenta at English => English (English Etymology) Of Explained:

1677, from Mod.L. placenta uterina "uterine cake," from L. placenta "flat cake," from Gk. plakoenta, accusative of plakoeis "flat." So called from the shape. ///

placenta at English => English (Longman) Of Explained:

n [C] [Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: 'flat cake', from Greek, from plax 'flat surface']// an organ that forms inside a woman's uterus to feed an unborn baby// -- placental adj [only before noun] // --placental blood//

placenta at Spanish => English Of Explained:

placenta

placenta at English => English (The Britannica Concise) Of Explained:

Organ in most mammals that develops in the uterus along with a fetus to mediate metabolic exchange. The umbilical cord attaches it to the fetus at the navel. Nutrients and oxygen in the mother's blood pass across the placenta to the fetus, and metabolic wastes and carbon dioxide from the fetus cross in the other direction; the two blood supplies do not mix. Other substances (e.g., alcohol or drugs) in the mother's blood can also cross the placenta, with effects incl. congenital disorders and drug addiction in the newborn (see fetal alcohol syndrome); some microorganisms can cross it to infect the fetus, but so do the mother's antibodies. The placenta, weighing a pound or more at the end of pregnancy, is expelled at parturition. Some animals eat it as a source of nutrients; in some species this stimulates lactation.

placenta at Dutch => English Of Explained:

placenta [plasɛnta]
afterbirth

placenta at English => English (Oxford Advanced Learners) Of Explained:

(usually the placenta) noun
(anatomy) the material that comes out of a woman or female animal's body after a baby has been born, and which was necessary to feed and protect the baby
SYN AFTERBIRTH

Placenta at English => English (Websters 1913) Of Explained:

Placenta \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 at English => English (WordNet) Of Explained:

placenta
n 1: that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules
form
2: the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals
providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes
from the developing fetus
[also: {placentae} (pl)]

placenta at English (WD) Of Explained:

==English==
Inter: wikipedi » a

Etymology

From Inter: etyl » ML.|en Inter: term » placenta uterina||uterine cake|lang=la, from Inter: etyl » la|en Inter: term » placenta||flat cake|lang=la, because of the flat round shape of the afterbirth.

Pronunciation

* Inter: enPR » plə-sĕn'tə, Inter: IPA » /pləˈsentə/, Inter: X-SAMPA » /pl@"sent@/

• Inter: rhymes » ɛntə

  Noun

  Inter: en-noun » placentae|pl2=placentas

Inter: anatom » y 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.

1. Inter: botan » y In flowering plants, the part of the ovary where ovules develop; in non-flowering plants where the spores develop.

   Synonyms

   * afterbirth

   Derived terms

   * placental

placentary

Translations

Inter: trans-top » anatomy: placenta

Arabic: Inter: t- » ar|مشيمة|f|tr=mashiima

Armenian: Inter: t- » hy|ընկերք|tr=ənkerkʿ|sc=Armn

Chinese:

: Mandarin: Inter: t- » cmn|胎盤|sc=Hani, Inter: t- » cmn|胎盘|tr=tāipán|sc=Hani

Czech: Inter: t+ » cs|placenta|f

Dutch: Inter: t- » nl|moederkoek|m, Inter: t+ » nl|placenta|f

Finnish: Inter: t+ » fi|istukka

French: Inter: t+ » fr|placenta|m

German: Inter: t+ » de|Plazenta|f

Hindi: Inter: t- » hi|नाल|tr=nāl

Icelandic: Inter: t+ » is|fylgja|f, Inter: t- » is|legkaka|f

Japanese: Inter: t+ » ja|胞衣|tr=ほうい, hōi, Inter: t+ » ja|後産|tr=あとざん, atozan, Inter: t- » ja|胎盤|tr=たいばん, taiban

Korean: Inter: t+ » ko|태반|tr=taeban|sc=Hang, Inter: t- » ko|胎盤|sc=Hani

Malay: Inter: t- » ms|uri

Inter: trans-mi » d

• Persian: Inter: t+ » fa|جفت
• Polish: Inter: t+ » pl|łożysko|n
• Russian: Inter: t+ » ru|плацента|f|tr=placénta|alt=плаце́нта, Inter: t+ » ru|послед|m|sc=Cyrl|tr=posléd|alt=после́д
• Serbian:
• : Cyrillic: Inter: t- » sh|постељица|f|alt=по̏стељица|sc=Cyrl, Inter: t- » sh|плацента|f|alt=пла̀це̄нта|sc=Cyrl
• : Roman: Inter: t- » sh|posteljica|f|alt=pȍsteljica, Inter: t- » sh|placenta|f|alt=plàcēnta
• Slovene: Inter: t+ » sl|posteljica|f
• Spanish: Inter: t+ » es|placenta|f
• Swedish: Inter: t- » sv|moderkaka|c, Inter: t+ » sv|placenta
• Tamil: Inter: t+ » ta|பனிக்குடம்|tr=paṉikkuṭam|sc=Taml
• Telugu: Inter: t+ » te|జరాయువు|tr=jaraayuvu, Inter: t+ » te|మాయ
• Thai: Inter: t- » th|รก|tr=rók
• Vietnamese: Inter: t+ » vi|nhau, Inter: t- » vi|thực giá noãn

Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » botany

• Russian: Inter: t+ » ru|семяносец|m|sc=Cyrl|tr=semjanósec|alt=семяно́сец

Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m

Anagrams

* Tlapanec
Category: Category:English nouns with irregular plurals -
Category: Category:Obstetrics -

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Czech

Noun

Inter: cs-noun » g=f

placenta

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Italian

Inter: wikipedia » lang=it

Etymology

Borrowed from Inter: etyl » la|it Inter: term » placenta|lang=la.

Noun

Inter: it-noun » placent|f|a|e

Inter: context » anatomy|botany|lang=it placenta

Related terms

* placenta previa

• placentare

  Anagrams

  * placante

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Latin

Etymology

From Inter: etyl » grc|la Inter: term » πλακόεντα|lang=grc, accusative case of Inter: term » πλακόεις||flat|lang=grc.

Noun

Inter: la-noun » placenta|placentae|placentae|f|first

a flat cake

1. Inter: inflection of » placenta||voc|s|lang=la

Inter: la-noun-form » placentā {{f}}

Inter: inflection of » placenta||abl|s|lang=la

Inflection

Inter: la-decl-1st » placent

Descendants

Inter: top » 2

• Aromanian: Inter: l » rup|plãtsintã
• English: Inter: l » en|placenta
• French: Inter: l » fr|placenta
• Italian: Inter: l » it|placenta

Inter: mid » 2

Portuguese: Inter: l » pt|placenta

Romanian: Inter: l » ro|plăcintă, Inter: l » ro|placentă

Spanish: Inter: l » es|placenta

Inter: botto » m

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

* Inter: IPA » /plǎtseːnta/|lang=sh

• Inter: hyphenation » pla|cen|ta

  Noun

  Inter: sh-noun » g=f|head=plàcēnta|r|плацента|пла̀це̄нта

Inter: anatomy » lang=sh placenta

Declension

Inter: sh-decl-noun »

|plàcēnta|placente
|placente|plàcenātā/plàcēntī
|placenti|placentama
|placentu|placente
|placento|placente
|placenti|placentama
|placentom|placentama

Synonyms

* Inter: sense » placenta Inter: l » sh|posteljica|pȍsteljica
Translation: ar » placenta
Category: zh-min-nan:placenta -
Translation: cs » placenta
Translation: de » placenta
Translation: el » placenta
Translation: es » placenta
Translation: eo » placenta
Translation: fr » placenta
Translation: ko » placenta
Translation: hy » placenta
Translation: io » placenta
Translation: id » placenta
Translation: is » placenta
Translation: it » placenta
Translation: kn » placenta
Translation: hu » placenta
Translation: mg » placenta
Translation: fj » placenta
Translation: nl » placenta
Translation: pl » placenta
Translation: pt » placenta
Translation: ru » placenta
Translation: sl » placenta
Translation: fi » placenta
Translation: sv » placenta
Translation: ta » placenta
Translation: vi » placenta
Translation: zh » placenta

placentă at English (WD) Of Explained:

==Romanian==

Etymology

Borrowed from Inter: etyl » la|ro Inter: term » placenta|lang=la. Cf. also Inter: term » plăcintă|lang=ro, from the same source.

Noun

Inter: ro-noun » f

placenta

Related words:

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