placenta

[pla·cen·ta]

The organ that provides nourishment to developing fetuses before they're born is called a placenta. Most mammals get their nutrients from their mother through the placenta until birth; then they have to look elsewhere...

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The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth.

Noun
the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus

Noun
that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form

n.
The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth.

n.
The part of a pistil or fruit to which the ovules or seeds are attached.

Placenta

Pla*cen"ta , n.; pl. L. Placent'91 , E. Placentas . [L., a cake, Gr. a flat cake, from flat, fr. , , anything flat and broad.] 1. (Anat.) The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth. &hand; In most mammals the placenta is principally developed from the allantois and chorion, and tufts of vascular villi on its surface penetrate the blood vessels of the parental uterus, and thus establish a nutritive and excretory connection between the blood of the fetus and that of the parent, though the blood itself does not flow from one to the other. 2. (Bot.) The part of a pistil or fruit to which the ovules or seeds are attached.

The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth.

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