In anatomy|lang=en terms the difference between placenta and retroplacental
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 retroplacental is (anatomy) between the placenta and myometrium.
As a noun 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.
As an adjective retroplacental is
(anatomy) between the placenta and myometrium.
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