placental

/ pləˈsɛntəl /

adjective

1. (esp of animals) having a placenta See also eutherian

   placental mammals

Example Sentences

She said: "I later found out that an accident is one of the main causes of a placental abruption. Which is how we actually lost our son. They didn't listen at all."

From BBC

The court heard that in all three cases the mothers suffered a placental abruption, a serious condition in which the placenta starts to come away from the wall of the womb.

From BBC

When he got there, everything was fine, except that her baby, he discovered, was one of two wriggling black mounds covered by swarms of black flies, which were "devouring the remnants of the placental membranes."

From Salon

"From my perspective, you want to make sure every single person having a placental detachment at 18 weeks gets an abortion so they don't die," Greene said.

From Salon

"We already know that the placental barrier retains many nanoparticles or at least delays their transport to the embryo," says Bürki.

From Science Daily