placenta

  • 31placenta —   n. (pl. ae) mammal s organ attached to and nourishing fetus in womb; afterbirth.    ♦ placental, a.; n. mammal having placenta.    ♦ placentate, a. having placenta.    ♦ placentation, n. structure or attachment of placenta.    ♦ placentatoid, a …

    Dictionary of difficult words

  • 32placenta — (pla sin ta) s. m. 1°   Terme d anatomie. Corps mollasse et spongieux intermédiaire, pendant la gestation, entre la mère et l enfant. •   Les sages femmes se hâtaient, par exemple, de tirer, et même avec violence, le placenta lorsqu il tardait à… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 33placenta — {{#}}{{LM P30590}}{{〓}} {{SynP31324}} {{[}}placenta{{]}} ‹pla·cen·ta› {{《}}▍ s.f.{{》}} {{<}}1{{>}} Órgano redondeado y plano, que durante la gestación se desarrolla en el interior del útero y que funciona como intermediario entre la madre y el… …

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  • 34placenta — [17] Latin placenta originally meant ‘flat cake’. It was borrowed from Greek plakóenta, the accusative form of plakóeis ‘flat cake’, which was derived from pláx ‘flat surface’ (possible relative of English plank). Its application to the… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 35placenta — [[t]pləse̱ntə[/t]] placentas N COUNT: usu the N The placenta is the mass of veins and tissue inside the womb of a pregnant woman or animal, which the unborn baby is attached to. The drug can be transferred from the mother to the baby in the womb… …

    English dictionary

  • 36placenta — UK [pləˈsentə] / US noun [countable] Word forms placenta : singular placenta plural placentas medical the organ through which a baby is connected to its mother s blood supply in her womb before birth …

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  • 37placenta — nm., délivre, délivrance, arrière faix, caduque, enveloppes foetales : mandin nm. (Saxel.002), R. Monder ; mânè nm. (Albertville.021) ; rwela nf. (021) ; faryan na (Cordon.083). A1) v. , expulser le délivre, se débarrasser de // abandonner… …

    Dictionnaire Français-Savoyard

  • 38placenta — [17] Latin placenta originally meant ‘flat cake’. It was borrowed from Greek plakóenta, the accusative form of plakóeis ‘flat cake’, which was derived from pláx ‘flat surface’ (possible relative of English plank). Its application to the… …

    Word origins

  • 39PLACENTA — s. m. T. d Anat. Masse charnue et spongieuse, qui est à l extrémité du cordon ombilical, et par laquelle le foetus s attache à la matrice et reçoit la nourriture que lui fournit le corps de sa mère. Le placenta, l amnios, et le chorion, composent …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 40placenta — pla·cèn·ta s.f. 1a. CO TS fisiol. organo vascolare, tipico della razza umana e della maggior parte dei Mammiferi, che aderisce all utero attraverso un gran numero di prolungamenti vascolari e comunica con il feto mediante il cordone ombelicale,… …

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