MATERNAL PLACENTA
\mətˈɜːnə͡l pləsˈɛntə], \mətˈɜːnəl pləsˈɛntə], \m_ə_t_ˈɜː_n_əl p_l_ə_s_ˈɛ_n_t_ə]\
Definitions of MATERNAL PLACENTA
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that part of the p. which comes next to the uterine wall: rarely adherent when the rest of the placenta is expelled.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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That portion of the placenta which originally consisted of the superficial part of the decidua serotina, forming a thin, translucent, whitish gray layer attached to the uterine surface of the fetal placenta so closely as to be separable only in small pieces.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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