placenta

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.3 Translations 1.3 Anagrams 2 Czech 2.1 Noun 3 Italian 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Related terms 4 Latin 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Inflection 5 Serbo-Croatian 5.1 Noun 5.1.1 Declension

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

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

  Rhymes: -ɛntə

[edit] 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.

[edit] Synonyms

• afterbirth

[edit] Derived terms

• placental
• placentary

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[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aacelnpt
• Tlapanec

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[edit] Czech

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placenta f.

1. placenta

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placenta f. (plural placente)

1. (anatomy, botany) placenta

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• placenta previa
• placentare

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placenta (genitive placentae); f, first declension

1. a cake
2. vocative singular of placenta

placentā f.

1. ablative singular of placenta

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First declension (1).

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

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plàcēnta f. (Cyrillic spelling пла̀це̄нта)

1. placenta

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