placento-, placent-, placenta-

(Latin: flat cake; cakelike mass, especially the uterine organ that connects the mother to the child by way of the umbilical cord)

aplacental

Without a placenta.

fetoplacental

A reference to the fetus and its placenta.

incarcerated placenta, retained placenta

The incomplete separation of the placenta and its failure to be expelled at the usual time after the delivery of a child.

placentotherapy

Treatment with the use of an extract of placental tissue.

thermoplacentography

Now considered an obsolete method for determination of placental position by detection of infrared rays from the large amounts of blood flowing through the placenta.

zonoplacental

Having a zonary placenta; that is, placenta with villi arranged in a band or girdle. Villi refers to a tiny finger-like or vascular (blood-vessel) projections.

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placento-, placent-, placenta-

(Latin: flat cake; cakelike mass, especially the uterine organ that connects the mother to the child by way of the umbilical cord)

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