placenta

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• plə-sĕn'tə, /pləˈsentə/, /pl@"sent@/
• Rhymes: -ɛntə

Noun

placenta (plural placentae or placentas)

1. (anatomy) 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.
2. (botany) 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

anatomy: placenta

Arabic: مشيمة (ar) (mashiima) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 胎盤 (cmn), 胎盘 (cmn) (tāipán) Czech: placenta (cs) f. Dutch: moederkoek (nl) m., placenta (nl) f. Finnish: istukka (fi) French: placenta (fr) m. German: Plazenta (de) f. Hindi: नाल (hi) (nāl) Icelandic: fylgja (is) f., legkaka (is) f. Japanese: 胞衣 (ja) (ほうい, hōi), 後産 (ja) (あとざん, atozan), 胎盤 (ja) (たいばん, taiban)

Korean: 태반 (ko) (taeban), 胎盤 (ko) Persian: جفت (fa) Polish: łożysko (pl) n. Russian: плацента (ru) (placénta) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: по̏стељица (sh) f., пла̀це̄нта (sh) f. Roman: pȍsteljica (sh) f., plàcēnta (sh) f. Slovene: posteljica (sl) f. Spanish: placenta (es) f. Swedish: moderkaka (sv) c., placenta (sv) Thai: รก (th) (rók) Vietnamese: nhau (vi), thực giá noãn (vi)

botany

Anagrams

• Tlapanec

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Czech

Noun

placenta f.

1. placenta

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin placenta.

Noun

placenta f. (plural placente)

1. (anatomy, botany) placenta

Related terms

• placenta previa
• placentare

Anagrams

• placante

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Latin

Noun

placenta (genitive placentae); f, first declension

1. a cake
2. vocative singular of placenta

placentā f.

1. ablative singular of placenta

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	placenta	placentae
genitive	placentae	placentārum
dative	placentae	placentīs
accusative	placentam	placentās
ablative	placentā	placentīs
vocative	placenta	placentae

Descendants

English: placenta French: placenta Italian: placenta

Portuguese: placenta Romanian: plăcintă, placentă Spanish: placenta

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /plǎtseːnta/
• Hyphenation: pla‧cen‧ta

Noun

plàcēnta f. (Cyrillic spelling пла̀це̄нта)

1. (anatomy) placenta

Declension

    declension of placenta

	singular	plural
nominative	plàcēnta	placente
genitive	placente	plàcenātā/plàcēntī
dative	placenti	placentama
accusative	placentu	placente
vocative	placento	placente
locative	placenti	placentama
instrumental	placentom	placentama

Synonyms

• (placenta): pȍsteljica