placenta placentae

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• Placenta — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Ubicación de la placenta La placenta del latín torta plana refiriéndose a su apariencia en humanos[1] …   Wikipedia Español

• Placenta praevia — (placenta previa AE) is an obstetric complication in which the placenta has attached to the uterine wall close to or covering the cervix [http://www.uabhealth.org/15407/] . It can some times occur in the latter part of the first trimester, but… …   Wikipedia

• placentă — PLACÉNTĂ, placente, s.f. 1. (anat.) Organ musculos şi spongios care se formează în perioada de gestaţie la majoritatea mamiferelor şi care face legătura între mamă şi embrion, servind la nutriţia şi respiraţia acestuia, eliminându se la naştere;… …   Dicționar Român

• placenta previa — placenta pre·via prē vē ə n, pl placentae pre·vi·ae vē .ē an abnormal implantation of the placenta at or near the internal opening of the uterine cervix so that it tends to precede the child at birth usu. causing severe maternal hemorrhage * * *… …   Medical dictionary

• placentae previae — pl of PLACENTA PREVIA …   Medical dictionary

• Placentae — Placenta Pla*cen ta, n.; pl. L. {Placent[ae]}, E. {Placentas}. [L., a cake, Gr. ? a flat cake, from ? flat, fr. ?, ?, anything flat and broad.] 1. (Anat.) The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• placenta — ► NOUN (pl. placentae or placentas) ▪ a flattened circular organ in the uterus of a pregnant mammal, nourishing and maintaining the fetus through the umbilical cord. DERIVATIVES placental adjective. ORIGIN Latin, from Greek plakous flat cake …   English terms dictionary

• placenta — [plə sen′tə] n. pl. placentas or placentae [plə sen′tē] [ModL < L, lit., a cake < Gr plakounta, acc. of plakous, a flat cake < plax (gen. plakos), a flat object < IE base * plāk , flat > L placere, to PLEASE] 1. Anat. Zool. a) a… …   English World dictionary

• Placenta — A temporary organ joining the mother and fetus, the placenta transfers oxygen and nutrients from the mother to the fetus, and permits the release of carbon dioxide and waste products from the fetus. It is roughly disk shaped, and at full term… …   Medical dictionary

• Placenta — For the ancient Roman bread, see placenta (food). For the placenta of fruit, see placentation. Placenta Placenta Precursor …   Wikipedia

• placenta — placental, placentary /plas euhn ter ee, pleuh sen teuh ree/, adj. /pleuh sen teuh/, n., pl. placentas, placentae / tee/. 1. Anat., Zool. the organ in most mammals, formed in the lining of the uterus by the union of the uterine mucous membrane… …   Universalium