succenturiate

succenturiate

English

Etymology

From Latin succentūriō (“to add soldiers to fill up a century; to substitute”).

Adjective

succenturiate (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Describing a small lobe that is sometimes attached to a placenta
   • 2015 August 12, “Efficacy of Intrauterine Bakri Balloon Tamponade in Cesarean Section for Placenta Previa Patients”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0134282:

     No additional gross placental abnormalities, such as succenturiate lobe, vasa previa, or eccentric cord insertion, were identified in these cases.