placental

English

Etymology

From post-classical Latin placentalis, corresponding to placenta +‎ -al.

Adjective

placental (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the placenta. [from 18th c.]
2. (zoology) Pertaining to the Placentalia, comprising those mammals not marsupials or monotremes. [from 19th c.]
   • 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin 2023, p. 103:

     We do not know exactly how many placental lineages survived to leave descendants; most estimates are around ten.

Derived terms

• aplacental
• cerebroplacental
• ectoplacental
• extraplacental
• fetoplacental
• implacental
• intraplacental
• maternoplacental
• nonplacental
• placental abruption
• placentally
• preplacental
• retroplacental
• transplacental
• uteroplacental

 

Translations

pertaining to placenta

• Catalan: placentari
• Czech: placentární, placentální
• French: placentaire (fr) m or f
• Galician: placentario (gl)
• Italian: placentare, placentario
• Portuguese: placentário
• Romanian: placentar (ro)
• Spanish: placentario

Noun

placental (plural placentals)

1. Any animal that is a member of the Placentalia

Translations

member of Placentalia

• French: placentaire (fr) m
• Japanese: 有胎盤類 (yūtaibanrui)
• Romanian: placentar (ro) n
• Swedish: moderkaksdjur (sv) n, placentadäggdjur (sv) n

Interlingua

Adjective

placental (not comparable)

1. placental

Related terms

• placenta