placentallyadv.
/pləˈsɛntəli/, /pləˈsɛntl̩i/, U.S. /pləˈsɛn(t)əli/, /pləˈsɛn(t)l̩i/ Chiefly Physiology and Zoology.
By means of a placenta; in, through, or from the placenta.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > membranes, etc., of embryo or fetus > [adverb] > membranes enclosing
placentally1834
intra-amniotically1961
1834 R. Owen in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 124 359 A second connexion of the ovum to the parent, as in the placentally developed Mammalia.
1934 C. W. G. Rohrer in F. L. Hoffman Cancer & Diet (1937) i. 113 With all their rapidity of multiplication they do not become embryologically older, because they are not placentally nourished and controlled.
1973 19th-cent. Fiction 28 293 Must Elsie be damned for sins compelled by placentally ingested venom?
1996 Science 8 Nov. 996/1 It has been postulated that placentally derived renin may contribute to this rise [sc. in plasma levels of renin].
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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