PLACENTAL CIRCULATION
\pləsˈɛntə͡l sˌɜːkjʊlˈe͡ɪʃən], \pləsˈɛntəl sˌɜːkjʊlˈeɪʃən], \p_l_ə_s_ˈɛ_n_t_əl s_ˌɜː_k_j_ʊ_l_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of PLACENTAL CIRCULATION
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- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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The circulation (2d def.) of the fetal blood through the umbilical arteries, the capillaries of the villi, and, in the reverse direction, the fetal veins, on the one hand; on the other hand, the circulation of the maternal blood through the uterine arteries, the intervillous lacunae, the utero-placental sinuses, and back into the uterine veins.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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