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placental en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From post-classical Latin placentalis, corresponding to placenta + -al.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the placenta.
2. (not-comparable) Pertaining to the Placentalia, comprising of mammals that are not marsupials or monotremes.
   • We do not know exactly how many placental lineages survived to leave descendants; most estimates are around ten. 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 103:

Deriveds

transplacental · pseudoplacental · placental abruption · subplacental · zonoplacental · anteplacental · aplacental · paraplacental · maternoplacental · ectoplacental · fetoplacental · extraplacental · interplacental · nonplacental · implacental · retroplacental · uteroplacental · umbilicoplacental · intraplacental · periplacental · diaplacental · placentally · preplacental · cerebroplacental

Translations (11)

pt placentário (pertaining to placenta) · it placentario (pertaining to placenta) · cs placentální (pertaining to placenta) · gl placentario (pertaining to placenta) · fr placentaire (pertaining to placenta) · ca placentari (pertaining to placenta) · it placentare (pertaining to placenta) · pl łożyskowy (pertaining to placenta) · ro placentar (pertaining to placenta) · es placentario (pertaining to placenta) · cs placentární (pertaining to placenta)

placental en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From post-classical Latin placentalis, corresponding to placenta + -al.

Meanings

1. A mammal of the infraclass Placentalia.

Forms

Translations (6)

sv moderkaksdjur (member of Placentalia) · fr placentaire (member of Placentalia) · ja 有胎盤類 (member of Placentalia) · sv placentadäggdjur (member of Placentalia) · ro placentar (member of Placentalia) · pl łożyskowiec (member of Placentalia)