Word.ws English Dictionary

placenta in Malay

uri

/pləˈsɛntə/

placenta in Malay: uri, plasenta. In English, placenta means 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.

Malay words for placenta

anatomy: placenta
uri, plasenta

English meaning of placenta

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

Full definition of placenta

Synonyms of placenta

placenta in other languages

Questions about placenta in Malay

What is the meaning of placenta in Malay?
Placenta in Malay is uri, plasenta.
Apakah maksud placenta dalam bahasa Melayu?
Placenta: uri, plasenta.
What does placenta mean in English?
Placenta means 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.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: placenta (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-placenta.wav.

Cite this page: “placenta meaning in Malay.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/malay/placenta. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.