All mammals except monotremes and marsupials are placental mammals. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Think of being a creature who is used to drawing in placental fluid and then suddenly, for the first time, breathes air!. From Wordnik.com. [Expiration Dates] Reference
Spencer's pain had been caused by internal bleeding - a malady known as placental abruption. From Wordnik.com. [feminist blogs] Reference
I had a condition called placental abruption that caused my placenta to tear away from my uterus wall early on in my pregnancy. From Wordnik.com. [Inside TV Blog] Reference
Though its causes are unclear, there are some clues, namely placental hormones that suppress the action of insulin in the woman. From Wordnik.com. [RutlandHerald.com] Reference
Doctors told her that her placenta had detached from her uterine wall - a condition known as placental abruption - and recommended an abortion. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
A possible link between a hormone produced by the placenta, known as placental corticotropin-releasing hormone (pCRH), and PPD has also been hypothesized. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
Doctors later told Pam that her placenta had detached from the uterine wall, a condition known as placental abruption, which can deprive the fetus of oxygen and nutrients. From Wordnik.com. [RHRealityCheck.org] Reference
"placental" mammals which inhabit the rest of the world. From Wordnik.com. [More Science From an Easy Chair] Reference
The world's atmosphere held it in a placental sac. From Wordnik.com. [The Gunslinger]
Accorclin 'to the report, they're placental mammals. From Wordnik.com. [Agent Of The Terran Empire]
Digital extraction of placental fragments after a miscarriage. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
They called it a placental abruption, made worse from the stress of the job. From Wordnik.com. [2nd Chance]
It is universally accepted that all these substances cross the placental barrier. From Wordnik.com. [Do they really believe that abortion is murder?] Reference
Both of them neutralize the placental toxin that causes the eclampsia of pregnancy. From Wordnik.com. [Cities In Flight]
This provided evidence that alkyl mercury penetrates the placental barrier in humans. From Wordnik.com. [Materials flow of mercury in the economies of the United States and the world] Reference
Those are the placental blood vessels, the blood vessels that are actually feeding the fetus. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 6, 2004] Reference
We applaud stem-cell research, especially with adult cells, and placental and umbilical tissues. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 9, 2001] Reference
However, nutrients, gases, and wastes of the developing fetus can pass through the placental barrier. From Wordnik.com. [Distribution of toxicants in the body] Reference
Primates are eutheria, or true mammalia possessing a placental attachment of the young within the parent. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope] Reference
They diagnosed her with placental abruption, a premature separation of the placenta from the uterine wall. From Wordnik.com. [The Super Bowl Slippery Slope: Advertising and Free Speech] Reference
The placental barrier is effective against Cadmium and the new-born baby is practically free from this metal. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 13] Reference
After a momentary search she extracted a Velcro-backed "placental fragment" as Gonzalez moaned in pretend pain. From Wordnik.com. [Low-tech pregnancy device might help birth attendants reduce maternal mortality] Reference
Remarkable similarities between certain placental and implacental mammals, between the bird's-head processes of. From Wordnik.com. [On the Genesis of Species] Reference
The umbilicus is a cicatrix formed after the metamorphosis of a median foetal structure -- the placental cord, &c. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
When the stillborn was delivered, Ayla quickly wrapped it with the placental tissue in the leather birthing blanket. From Wordnik.com. [The Clan of the Cave Bear]
Norman had found a way to slip the hormones past the placental barrier, so both mother and baby acquired the benefits. From Wordnik.com. [THE BABY WINDOW by Vincent VanAllen | Fiction | Futurismic] Reference
Their tiny size means that they might be able to breach the blood-brain or the placental-fetal barrier and cause damage. From Wordnik.com. [Tiny but scary ingredients] Reference
The placental barrier protects the developing and sensitive fetus from most toxicants distributed in the maternal circulation. From Wordnik.com. [Distribution of toxicants in the body] Reference
Today, placental and marsupial mammals nourish their newborn young with milk containing a calcium-packed protein called casein. From Wordnik.com. [How did Mammals got rid of laying eggs? | ultraorange.net] Reference
If there was danger of a placental abruption, I could do an emergency cesarean and possibly save the child-but Marsali would die. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
BPA has also been found in human blood, placental and fetal tissue, and incriminated as a predisposing factor for prostate cancer. From Wordnik.com. [Samuel S. Epstein: President's Cancer Panel Warns of Toxic Effects of BPA] Reference
Last year at around this time, I was mourning the loss of my son Ezra, who had died only months earlier from a placental abruption. From Wordnik.com. [David A. Love: A Tribute to Fathers and Children Forever Separated] Reference
The poor horse just stood there -- uncomfortable in his tuxedo -- as Ryan Seacrest and Dana Delaney compared placental anti-wrinkle creams. From Wordnik.com. [Hollywood heartthrobs come to dinner (now if they would only leave)] Reference
But even in low-risk pregnancies and after an uneventful first and second stage of labour serious haemorrhage and/or placental retention may sometimes occur. From Wordnik.com. [5. CARE DURING THE THIRD STAGE OF LABOUR] Reference
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