placenta

IPA/pləˈsentə/
KK[pləsˈɛntə]IPA/pləˈsentə/

placenta — 名詞

  • placentasingular
  • placentasplural

1. a temporary organ that grows inside a woman's uterus during pregnancy, connectin

1.名詞B2
釋義

胎盤

懷孕期間供給胎兒養分的器官

a temporary organ that grows inside a woman's uterus during pregnancy, connecting the mother's blood supply to the developing baby; it delivers oxygen and food to the baby and removes waste products from the baby's blood.

例句

At a twenty-week check-up, the nurse showed Sivan where the placenta attached to the uterine wall.

在第二十週產檢時，護理師向 Sivan 說明胎盤附著在子宮壁上的位置。

the + placenta as anatomical object

Dario stayed with his sister until the placenta came out naturally after the baby was born.

Dario 陪著姊姊，直到胎兒出生後胎盤也自然地排出來。

deliver / expel the placenta (birth process)

常見搭配
  • placenta previa
  • deliver the placenta
  • expel the placenta
  • placental tissue
  • placental abruption
  • low-lying placenta
  • anterior placenta
  • posterior placenta
同義詞
  • afterbirth

    informal term for the placenta and other tissues expelled after delivery; less precise in medical writing

文法句型

the + placenta

possessive + placenta

用法筆記

The placenta is expelled from the uterus shortly after childbirth — this stage is called the 'third stage of labour' or 'delivery of the placenta.'

常見錯誤

The umbilical cord and the placenta are the same thing.
The umbilical cord connects the baby to the placenta, but they are two separate organs.
The cord is a tube linking baby to placenta; the placenta itself is a flat, disk-shaped organ attached to the uterine wall.

同根字

  • placental
    形容詞C1
  • placentation
    名詞C2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

常用片語

  • placenta previa
  • placental abruption
  • retained placenta
  • low-lying placenta