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RETAINED PLACENTA

\ɹɪtˈe͡ɪnd pləsˈɛntə], \ɹɪtˈe‍ɪnd pləsˈɛntə], \ɹ_ɪ_t_ˈeɪ_n_d p_l_ə_s_ˈɛ_n_t_ə]\

Definitions of RETAINED PLACENTA

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

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A placenta which is either adherent or incarcerated by irregular uterine contractions, and which in consequence fails to be expelled after birth. (Dorland, 27th ed)

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

one which is not expelled after childbirth.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A placenta which fails to be expelled after childbirth, because it is retained within the uterus, either from irregularity of the uterine contractions or because it is adherent.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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