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- Placenta - n. - The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth.
- Placenta - n. - The part of a pistil or fruit to which the ovules or seeds are attached.
- Placentae - pl. - of Placenta
- Placental - a. - Of or pertaining to the placenta; having, or characterized by having, a placenta; as, a placental mammal.
- Placental - a. - Of or pertaining to the Placentalia.
- Placental - n. - One of the Placentalia.
- Placentalia - n. pl. - A division of Mammalia including those that have a placenta, or all the orders above the marsupials.
- Placentary - a. - Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
- Placentas - pl. - of Placenta
- Placentation - n. - The mode of formation of the placenta in different animals; as, the placentation of mammals.
- Placentation - n. - The mode in which the placenta is arranged or composed; as, axile placentation; parietal placentation.
- Secundine - n. - The afterbirth, or placenta and membranes; -- generally used in the plural.
- Zonaria - n. pl. - A division of Mammalia in which the placenta is zonelike.
- Implacentalia - n. pl. - A primary division of the Mammalia, including the monotremes and marsupials, in which no placenta is formed.
- Polycotyledonary - a. - Having the villi of the placenta collected into definite patches, or cotyledons.
- Afterbirth - n. - The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, and which come away after delivery.
- Acetabulum - n. - One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
- Placentation - n. - The mode in which the placenta is arranged or composed; as, axile placentation; parietal placentation.
- Metadiscoidal - a. - Discoidal by derivation; -- applied especially to the placenta of man and apes, because it is supposed to have been derived from a diffused placenta.
- Placentation - n. - The mode of formation of the placenta in different animals; as, the placentation of mammals.
- Cotyledonary - a. - Having a cotyledon; tufted; as, the cotyledonary placenta of the cow.