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Placental

adjective

Pertaining to or having or occurring by means of a placenta.

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"Placental" Quotes from Famous Books

... not be used) in the following conditions: primary inertia (abnormally delayed and slow labor); expected short labor—especially in women who have already borne children; when the fetal head is known to be large and the mother's pelvis small; placenta praevia (abnormal placental attachment); accidental hemorrhage; absent or doubtful fetal heart beat; when labor is already far advanced; and ...

— The Mother and Her Child • William S. Sadler

... being isolated from one another. Thus Australia received the germ of her present abundant fauna of pouched mammals when she was part of the Old-World continent, but separated from that too soon to receive the various placental mammals which have, except in her isolated area, superseded those older forms. So, also, South America, at one time unconnected with North America, developed her great sloths and armadilloes, and, on fusing with the latter, sent her megatheriums to the north, and received ...

— Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences Vol 2 (of 2) • James Marchant

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