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Definition of placenta noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

placenta

 noun
noun
NAmE//pləˈsɛntə//
 
the placenta (anatomy)
 
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the material that comes out of a woman or female animal's body after a baby has been born, and that was necessary to feed and protect the baby synonym afterbirth
See placenta in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary