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placenta

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8 lettersPronunciation /pləˈsɛntə/Part of speech nounSorted aacelnptStarts with PEnds with A0 cluesCommon crossword word
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  1. the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus

Word origin

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.

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