Associations to the word «Placentation»

PLACENTATION, noun. (biology) the local fusion of the embryonic stage of an animal to its parent for physiological exchange to promote the growth and development of the young; involves a placenta in non-egglaying mammals

PLACENTATION, noun. The formation of the placenta in the uterus.

PLACENTATION, noun. Arrangement of the ovules in the placenta and of the placentas in the ovary.