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DISCOID PLACENTA

\dɪskˈɔ͡ɪd pləsˈɛntə], \dɪskˈɔ‍ɪd pləsˈɛntə], \d_ɪ_s_k_ˈɔɪ_d p_l_ə_s_ˈɛ_n_t_ə]\

Definitions of DISCOID PLACENTA

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Placenta of a flat, cake-like form.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

That variety of placenta in which, as in the human subject, it constitutes practically one mass, circumscribed in outline and more or less circular in form.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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