Feminine

placenta

Frequency

25k
Hyphenated as
pla‧cen‧ta
Pronounced as (IPA)
/plaˈθenta/
Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin placenta, from Latin placenta (“cake”), from Ancient Greek πλακόεντα (plakóenta), accusative of πλακόεις (plakóeis, “flat”).

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