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PLACENTAS

\pləsˈɛntəz], \pləsˈɛntəz], \p_l_ə_s_ˈɛ_n_t_ə_z]\

Definitions of PLACENTAS

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
2010 - Medical Dictionary Database

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of Placenta

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
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of Placenta

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A highly vascular fetal organ through which the fetus absorbs oxygen and other nutrients and excretes carbon dioxide and other wastes. It begins to form about the eighth day of gestation when the blastocyst adheres to the DECIDUA.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
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