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placentome

placentome noun: all the tissue associated with placentation (the cotyledon and the caruncle).

Noun

placentome (plural placentomes)

  1. All the tissue associated with placentation (the cotyledon and the caruncle)
    • Tissue samples were taken from extraembryonic structures (intercotyledonary membrane, placentome, umbilical cord, amniotic fluid, meconium), and organs including CNS (brain, cerebellum, brainstem, spinal cord), lymphoid organs (prescapular, mesenteric, submandibular, mediastinic lymphnodes, thymus...2015 September 30, “Experimental Infection of Sheep at 45 and 60 Days of Gestation with Schmallenberg Virus Readily Led to Placental Colonization without Causing Congenital Malformations”, in PLOS...

Forms of placentome

pluralplacentomes

Origin of placentome

From placenta + -ome.

Words formed from placentome

Questions about placentome

What does placentome mean?
Placentome means all the tissue associated with placentation (the cotyledon and the caruncle).
What part of speech is placentome?
Placentome is a noun.
What is the plural of placentome?
The plural of placentome is placentomes.

Words near placentome in the dictionary

  1. placentogenesis
  2. placentographies
  3. placentography
  4. placentology
  5. placentomal
  6. placentome
  7. placentomegaly
  8. placentomes
  9. placentomic
  10. placentone
  11. placentophagia

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