Home
Random
Log in
Settings
Donations
About Wiktionary
Disclaimers
Search
velamentous
Language
Watch
Edit
English
edit
Etymology
edit
From
Latin
velamentum
(
“
covering, screen
”
)
, +
-ous
.
Adjective
edit
velamentous
(
not
comparable
)
English
Wikipedia
has an article on:
Velamentous cord insertion
Wikipedia
Veil
-like.
(
medicine
)
Of or relating to an
abnormal
condition during
pregnancy
in which the
umbilical cord
inserts
into the
fetal
membranes
, then travels within the membranes to the
placenta
, risking
rupture
of the exposed
vessels
.
Categories
:
English terms derived from Latin
English terms suffixed with -ous
English lemmas
English adjectives
English uncomparable adjectives
en:Medicine
Hidden categories:
English undefined derivations
Pages with 1 entry