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Placenta vs Fetoplacental - What's the difference?

placenta | fetoplacental |

As a noun placenta

is a vascular organ in mammals, except monotremes and marsupials, present only in the female during gestation. It supplies food and oxygen from the mother to the foetus, and passes back waste. It is implanted in the wall of the uterus and links to the foetus through the umbilical cord. It is expelled after birth.

As an adjective fetoplacental is

of or pertaining to both the fetus and the placenta.

placenta

English

(wikipedia placenta)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (anatomy) A vascular organ in mammals, except monotremes and marsupials, present only in the female during gestation. It supplies food and oxygen from the mother to the foetus, and passes back waste. It is implanted in the wall of the uterus and links to the foetus through the umbilical cord. It is expelled after birth.
  • (botany) In flowering plants, the part of the ovary where ovules develop; in non-flowering plants where the spores develop.

    • Synonyms

    * afterbirth

    Derived terms

    * placental * placentary

    Anagrams

    * English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    fetoplacental

    English

    Alternative forms

    * foetoplacental

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to both the fetus and the placenta