πλακούντας

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Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πλακοῦς, -οῦντος (plakoûs, -oûntos, flat cake), from πλάξ (pláx, flat thing). Sense 1 and sense 2 are semantic loans from New Latin placenta.

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  • IPA(key): /plaˈkundas/
  • Hyphenation: πλα‧κού‧ντας

Noun edit

πλακούντας (plakoúntasm (plural πλακούντες)

  1. (medicine) placenta, afterbirth (vascular organ in mammals during gestation)
    Synonym: ύστερο (ýstero)
    Ο πλακούντας αποβάλλεται μετά τον τοκετό.
    O plakoúntas apoválletai metá ton toketó.
    The placenta is expelled after birth.
  2. (botany) placenta
  3. a type of pie or pastry

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