placenta
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placenta
- /pləˈsɛntə/
- [pʰl̥əˈsɛntʰə]
- /pləˈsɪntə/
- [pʰl̥əˈsɪ̟ntʰə]
Rhymes with -ɛntə
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from New Latin placenta (literally “flat cake”), an ellipsis of phrases such as placenta uterī (literally “womb cake”) and placenta uterīna (literally “uterine cake”), because of the flat round shape of the afterbirth. Doublet of palacsinta and palatschinke.
noun placentae · placentas
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An organ in most mammals during gestation that supplies food and oxygen to the foetus and passes back waste. It is on the wall of the uterus and links to the foetus through the umbilical cord. It is expelled after birth.
Similar: afterbirth, clean, glean
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In flowering plants, the part of the ovary where ovules develop; in non-flowering plants where the spores develop.
Similar: trophosperm
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: epitheliochorial, previa, deciduate, pregnancy, hemochorial, zonary, abruptio, crosses, marginata, chorioallantois, afterbirth, secundines, chorion, decidua, placental membrane, chorionic plate
Translations
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noun anatomy: placenta
| Español | placenta |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 태반 taeban |
| 日本語 | 胞衣 ena, 後産 atozan, 胎盤 taiban |
| 中文 | 胎盤 /胎盘 tāipán |
| हिन्दी | बीजांडासन bījāṇḍāsan, अपरा aprā, खेड़ी kheṛī, गर्भनाल garbhanāl, पुरइन purain, आंवल āmval |
| Kiswahili | zingizi |
| Português | placenta |
| Français | placenta |
| Deutsch | Plazenta, Mutterkuchen |
| Italiano | placenta |
| Ελληνικά | πλακούντας plakoúntas |
| Română | placentă |
| Русский | плаце́нта placénta, после́д posléd |
| Tiếng Việt | nhau, thực giá noãn, nhau thai |
| العربية | مَشِيمَة mašīma, خَلَاص ḵalāṣ, سُخْد suḵd |
| עברית | שִׁלְיָה |
noun botany
| Español | placenta |
|---|---|
| Română | placentă |
| Русский | семяно́сец semjanósec |
Talk about this word "placenta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/placenta. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. placenta. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/placenta "placenta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/placenta.Cite this
@misc{placenta_2026,
title = {placenta},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/placenta},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
