Synonyms for placenta
pləˈsɛn təpla·cen·ta

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1. placentanoun

   Synonyms:
   afterbirth

2. placentanoun

   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.

   Synonyms:
   afterbirth

3. placentanoun

   In flowering plants, the part of the ovary where ovules develop; in non-flowering plants where the spores develop.

   Synonyms:
   afterbirth

Princeton's WordNet

1. placentanoun

   that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form

2. placentanoun

   the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus

Matched Categories

1. • Reproductive Structure
   • Vascular Structure

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1. placentanoun

   Synonyms:
   secundines, after-birth

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1. List of paraphrases for "placenta":

   placentae, placental

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1. Cara Christ:

   We know there is a potential for anything pregnant women eat or drink to cross the placenta and have an effect on their baby’s health.

2. Jenna LoGiudice:

   The infant will receive about half the iron and stem cell-rich blood that was left in the placenta.

3. Lyle Petersen:

   The other two were miscarriages, in both we found evidence of Zika in the placenta. In addition, Brazil has looked at a number of babies as well and found Zika in the amniotic fluid of two women whose fetuses had evidence of microcephaly via sonogram.

4. Ali Salanti:

   For decades, scientists have been searching for similarities between the growth of a placenta and a tumor, the placenta is an organ, which within a few months grows from only few cells into an organ weighing [approximately] 2 pounds, and it provides the embryo with oxygen and nourishment in a relatively foreign environment. In a manner of speaking, tumors do much the same— they grow aggressively in a relatively foreign environment.

5. Sheryl Ross:

   The sooner you deliver the placenta, the sooner the uterus will clamp down and there will be less of a concern.