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placenta

[pluh-sen-tuh] / pləˈsɛn tə /


NOUN
membrane
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"I was NOT prepared for the placenta pic," wrote one, and another replied: "Placenta and placenta pills were not on my bingo card for today but OK."

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

And so, in many ways, geologically, we moved from the Age of Reptiles into what I would argue is the Age of the Placenta.

From Slate • Sep. 7, 2024

The NICHD's Human Placenta Project is developing better assessment tools for the placenta while it is growing inside a pregnant person.

From Salon • May 29, 2024

The research team began by studying placentas donated for research purposes through the MCW Maternal Research Placenta & Cord Blood Bank.

From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2023

Together with the Placenta it forms a shapeless mass, familiarly known as the “afterbirth,” and when it is retained instead of being expelled is apt to cause serious trouble.

From Sex Avoided subjects Discussed in Plain English by Stanton, Henry




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