placenta

Meaning of placenta

noun

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.
It is an endocrine gland which secret human chorionic gonadotropin hormone.The HCG if detected in woman's urine then the pregnancy is confirmed.
In flowering plants, the part of the ovary where ovules develop; in non-flowering plants where the spores develop.

Information about placenta

It is a name.
The plural form of placenta is: placentas.
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Hyphenation of placenta

pla-centa

It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
placenta is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

placenta synonyms

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Translation of placenta

Spanish: placenta
Italian: placenta
German: Plazenta
French: placenta
Portuguese: placenta

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