placentome
English
Etymology
placenta + -ome
Noun
placentome (plural placentomes)
- All the tissue associated with placentation (the cotyledon and the caruncle)
- 2015 September 30, “Experimental Infection of Sheep at 45 and 60 Days of Gestation with Schmallenberg Virus Readily Led to Placental Colonization without Causing Congenital Malformations”, in PLOS ONE, DOI::
- Tissue samples were taken from extraembryonic structures (intercotyledonary membrane, placentome, umbilical cord, amniotic fluid, meconium), and organs including CNS (brain, cerebellum, brainstem, spinal cord), lymphoid organs (prescapular, mesenteric, submandibular, mediastinic lymphnodes, thymus and spleen), other inner organs and tissues (gonads, adrenal gland, liver and lung) and musculoskeletal structures (femoral cartilage, Musculus Semitendinosus) for viral RNA detection.
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Related terms
- placentomal