Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

placental

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English

Syllables: pla-cen-tal
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to the placenta.

adj

Pertaining to the Placentalia, comprising of mammals that are not marsupials or monotremes.

noun

A mammal of the infraclass Placentalia.

Example Sentences

"We do not know exactly how many placental lineages survived to leave descendants; most estimates are around ten."

Etymology

From post-classical Latin placentalis, corresponding to placenta + -al.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: placentalis
Suffix: placenta

Inflected Forms

placentals (plural)

Derived Forms

anteplacental aplacental cerebroplacental diaplacental ectoplacental extraplacental fetoplacental implacental interplacental intraplacental maternoplacental nonplacental

Phrases

placental abruption

Synonyms

placental mammal eutherian eutherian mammal

Questions

What does placental mean?: Of or pertaining to the placenta.
Where does placental come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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