plasenta

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Etymology

From Dutch placenta, from New Latin placenta (“a vascular and endocrine organ”), from Latin placenta (“flat cake”), because of the flat round shape of the afterbirth, from Ancient Greek πλακόεντα (plakóenta), πλακοῦντα (plakoûnta), accusative of πλακόεις (plakóeis), πλακοῦς (plakoûs, “flat cake”), from πλάξ (pláx, “flat”).

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  • Hyphenation: pla‧sèn‧ta

Noun

plasenta (plural plasenta-plasenta)

  1. (anatomy, medicine) placenta:
    1. 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. it is an endocrine gland which secret human chorionic gonadotropin hormone.The HCG if detected in woman's urine then the pregnancy is confirmed.
    Synonyms: ari-ari, saudara, tembuni

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Noun

plasenta (Jawi spelling ڤلاسينتا, plural plasenta-plasenta, informal 1st possessive plasentaku, 2nd possessive plasentamu, 3rd possessive plasentanya)

  1. placenta

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