placenta

Meaning

1. 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.
2. In flowering plants, the part of the ovary where ovules develop; in non-flowering plants where the spores develop.

Synonyms

afterbirth

secundina

womb

umbilical cord

uterus

after-birth

matrix

shelter

socket

collet chuck

living place

fetal membrane

amnion

chorion

flower

🌸

garland

home

🏠

Translations

placenta

placenta

Plazenta

placenta

placenta

Mutterkuchen

placenta

مشيمة

placenta

Nachgeburt

nageboorte

moederkoek

πλακούντας

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pləˈsɛntə/

Etymology

Elision for phrases such as New Latin placenta uterī (“womb cake”), placenta uterina (“uterine cake”), from Latin placenta (“flat cake”), because of the flat round shape of the afterbirth.