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placentation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun placentation has 2 senses
- placentation(n = noun.process) Array - the formation of the placenta in the uterus; Array is a kind of activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process
- placentation(n = noun.plant) Array - arrangement of the ovules in the placenta and of the placentas in the ovary; Array is a kind of reproductive structure
has particulars: apical placentation, axile placentation, basal placentation, free central placentation, lamellate placentation, marginal placentation, ventral placentation, parietal placentation
CIDE DICTIONARY
placentation, n.
- The mode of formation of the placenta in different animals; as, the placentation of mammals. [1913 Webster]
- The mode in which the placenta is arranged or composed; as, axile placentation; parietal placentation. [1913 Webster]
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