adherent placenta


ad·her·ent pla·cen·ta

a placenta that fails to separate cleanly from the uterus after delivery of the fetus.

ad·her·ent pla·cen·ta

(ad-hērĕnt plă-sentă) One that fails to separate cleanly from the uterus after delivery of the fetus.

adherent placenta

A placenta that remains adherent to the uterine wall after the normal period following childbirth. See: placenta accretaSee also: placenta