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Noun(1) that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form,the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus [also: placentae (pl)](2) that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form(3) the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus [also: placentae (pl)]

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(1) The entire placenta with attached ovules was removed via a longitudinal incision in the ovary wall.(2) This transformation is essential to ensure a normal blood supply to the fetus and placenta throughout pregnancy.(3) In each later pregnancy, maternal Rh antibodies can cross the placenta and reach the fetus.(4) He explores how cocaine destroys the placenta , the fetus, and the infant's life.(5) It most likely functions as an adhesion protein, connecting the placenta to the uterus.(6) The mother had an aggressive metastatic disease, and the cancer could have spread across the placenta to the fetus.(7) Causes of spontaneous abortion may relate to the fetus, the placenta , or the uterus.(8) In most pregnant women, the placenta forms and grows just as it should.(9) Chorioangiopagus vessels are vessels that join the fetuses in the placenta .(10) Placenta accreta is a placenta that implants too deeply and too firmly into the uterine wall.(11) Alcohol enters the fetus readily through the placenta and is eliminated by maternal metabolism.(12) She could also transmit the infection to the fetus across the placenta .(13) In both species the gametophytic cells of the placenta generally have less prominent wall labyrinths than sporophytic cells.(14) The placenta connects the baby's blood supply to the mother's blood.(15) As the ovary elongates only above the placenta , the ovules appear basal at anthesis.(16) The sonographer scans the patient, taking an initial assessment of the fetuses, the placenta , and the amniotic cavity.