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Placenta vs Placentophagy - What's the difference?

placenta | placentophagy |

As nouns the difference between placenta and placentophagy

is that placenta is (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 while placentophagy is (rare) the feeding on 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 ----

    placentophagy

    English

    (wikipedia placentophagy)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (rare) The feeding on placenta

    • Related terms

    * placentophagic * placentophagous

    References

    * "placentophagy" at The Phrontistery: A Dictionary of Obscure Words .