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placenta

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Pronunciation: /pləˈsɛntə/

placenta

Definition

The organ that nourishes the developing fetus in the uterus.

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atorvastatin calcium

psychological

CNS prophylaxis

positron emission tomography scan

molecular testing

Latisse

shingles

multidrug resistance

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PRMT5 inhibitor PRT811

quarfloxacin

anti-CD19 antibody-drug conjugate SGN-CD19B

Perjeta

caplacizumab-yhdp

Retacrit

eggplant peel extract cream

LRP5 antagonist BI 905681

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homozygous genotype

insertion

de novo variant

variant of unknown significance

frameshift mutation

attributable risk

epigenetic variant

CNV

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