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fused placenta
fused pla·cen·ta
Definitions related to fused placenta:
  • In pregnancies with more than one fetus, the composite structure that results from the growth of two (or more) placental chorionic discs such that the placental masses abut one another and are delivered as a single unit but can manually separated into individual units.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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