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Parietal :: Parietal (a.) Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; -- said of a placenta..

Secundine :: Secundine (n.) The afterbirth, or placenta and membranes; -- generally used in the plural..

Cotyledon :: Cotyledon (n.) One of the patches of villi found in some forms of placenta.

Marsupialia :: Marsupialia (n. pl.) A subclass of Mammalia, including nearly all the mammals of Australia and the adjacent islands, together with the opossums of America. They differ from ordinary mammals in having the corpus callosum very small, in being implacental, and in having their young born while very immature. The female generally carries the young for some time after birth in an external pouch, or marsupium. Called also Marsupiata..

Ovule :: Ovule (n.) The rudiment of a seed. It grows from a placenta, and consists of a soft nucleus within two delicate coatings. The attached base of the ovule is the hilum, the coatings are united with the nucleus at the chalaza, and their minute orifice is the foramen..

Placentas :: Placentas (pl. ) of Placent.

Placental :: Placental (a.) Of or pertaining to the placenta; having, or characterized by having, a placenta; as, a placental mammal..

Implacental :: Implacental (n.) A mammal having no placenta.

Funicle :: Funicle (n.) The little stalk that attaches a seed to the placenta.

Sporophore :: Sporophore (n.) A placenta.

Placentary :: Placentary (a.) Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification..

Aplacental :: Aplacental (a.) Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta.

Placental :: Placental (n.) One of the Placentalia.

Implacental :: Implacental (a.) Without a placenta, as marsupials and monotremes..

Spermaphore :: Spermaphore (n.) That part of the ovary from which the ovules arise; the placenta.

Lissencephala :: Lissencephala (n. pl.) A general name for all those placental mammals that have a brain with few or no cerebral convolutions, as Rodentia, Insectivora, etc..

Afterbirth :: Afterbirth (n.) The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, and which come away after delivery..

Placentae :: Placentae (pl. ) of Placent.

Placentiferous :: Placentiferous (a.) Having or producing a placenta.

Placentiform :: Placentiform (a.) Having the shape of a placenta, or circular thickened disk somewhat thinner about the middle..

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