Placenta is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for PLACENTA in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a round flat spongy vascular organ to which the foetus of most mammals is attached by the umbilical cord
• a flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant eutherian mammals, nourishing and maintaining the fetus through the umbilical cord.
• (in flowers) part of the ovary wall to which the ovules are attached.
• organ formed in the womb during pregnancy, providing nutrients for the fetus
• The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth.
• The part of a pistil or fruit to which the ovules or seeds are attached.
• that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form
• the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a vascular organ in most mammals

Words related to PLACENTA

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Words that contain PLACENTA

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How to use PLACENTA in a sentence

• He immediately proceeded to the extraction of the placenta, which he brought away in pieces, till he was satisfied that the whole was removed.
• I now apprehend these to have been the symptoms of a decided mortification, occasioned by the part of the placenta that remained in the womb.
• He also digs a hole, in which, after he has gone, she buries the placenta, placing stones on top of the place on account of the dogs.
• This placenta consists of fatty tissue surrounding a great many little blood vessels.
• To do this, it must pass through the walls of the blood vessels, as the vessels of the mother and those of the placenta are not directly united.
• The blood vessels of the placenta unite to form two veins and one artery which lie very close to each other and are surrounded by a membrane.
• The other end of the cord is attached to the foetus so that the blood can flow back and forth between the foetus and placenta.
• If we could look into the womb just before the time of labor we would find the foetus attached by the cord to the placenta and floating in a sac of water.
• Before this time, the blood has passed to and from the placenta through the cord but now this is stopped.
• We may therefore speak of the placenta as a filter.
• On the other hand, there are certain microbes and certain poisons which readily pass through the placenta.
• The placenta is carefully preserved in an earthen vessel in the house till after the naming ceremony has taken place.
• The women carry the swords for the purpose of frightening the evil spirits, otherwise the latter might get hold of the placenta and make the child sick.
• Then the soul of the placenta is once more united with that of the dead man, and together they go to the realms of the dead.

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