placenta
noun/pləˈsentə/
/pləˈsentə/
(usually the placenta)
(anatomy)- an organ inside the uterus of a pregnant woman or animal to which the baby is attached and that is necessary to feed and protect the baby compare afterbirthTopics Life stagesc2Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Latin, from Greek plakous, plakount- ‘flat cake’, based on plax, plak- ‘flat plate’.
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