TRANSPLACENTAL

transplacental

(adjective) occurring through or by way of the placenta; ā€œtransplacental passage of nutrientsā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

transplacental (not comparable)

(anatomy, physiology) Through or across the placenta

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

21 April 2025

ENCYCLOPEDIA

(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty


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Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.

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