Organ or Tissue Function
placentation
plac·en·ta·tion
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Pregnancy
Definitions related to placentation:
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The development of the PLACENTA, a highly vascularized mammalian fetal-maternal organ and major site of transport of oxygen, nutrients, and fetal waste products between mother and FETUS. The process begins at FERTILIZATION, through the development of CYTOTROPHOBLASTS and SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLASTS, the formation of CHORIONIC VILLI, to the progressive increase in BLOOD VESSELS to support the growing fetus.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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The formation of the placenta in the uterus.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(placenta development) The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the placenta over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The placenta is an organ of metabolic interchange between fetus and mother, partly of embryonic origin and partly of maternal origin.Gene Ontology DictionaryGene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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