"Placenta" is a word in ENGLISH
The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the
parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth.
The part of a pistil or fruit to which the ovules or
seeds are attached.
Despite her words about letting go, melancholy washed over her. Because words are easy and often thrown around with trite intentions.
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A young naval student was being put through the paces by an old sea captain. "What would you do if a sudden storm sprang up on the starboard?" asked the captain."Throw out an anchor, sir." replied the naval student."What would you do if another storm sprang up aft?" asked the captain."Throw out another anchor, sir." answered the student."And if another terrific storm sprang up forward, what would you do?" asked the captain."Throw out another anchor." replied the student."Hold on," said the Captain. "Where are you getting all your anchors from?"The naval student replied, "From the same place you're getting all of your storms, sir."
Vascular tissue of plants, consisting of spiral vessels, dotted, barred, and pitted ducts, and laticiferous vessels.
Read the complete definitionThe fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and …
Read the complete definitionThe movement of the blood in the blood-vascular system, by which it is brought into close relations with almost every …
Read the complete definitionA term proposed by Endlicher to include all plants with an axis containing vascular tissue and with foliage.
Read the complete definitionThe deep sensitive and vascular layer of the skin and mucous membranes.
Read the complete definitionThe layer of vascular connective tissue lining the medullary cavities of bone.
Read the complete definitionA genus of vascular, cryptogamic, herbaceous plants; -- also called horsetails.
Read the complete definitionDestitute of vessels; non-vascular.
Read the complete definitionThe vascular body which forms the apex of the penis, and the extremity of the clitoris.
Read the complete definitionA vascular sac connected, beneath the brain, in many fishes, with the infundibulum.
Read the complete definitionBearing or containing milk or a milky fluid; as, the lactiferous vessels, cells, or tissue of various vascular plants.
Read the complete definitionA very large glandular and vascular organ in the visceral cavity of all vertebrates.
Read the complete definitionA term formerly applied to any mosslike flowerless plant, with a distinct stem, and often with leaves, but without any …
Read the complete definitionA spot or mark on the skin of children when born; a birthmark; -- usually applied to vascular tumors, i. …
Read the complete definitionA very vascular superficial opacity of the cornea, usually caused by granulation of the eyelids.
Read the complete definitionA vascular pigmented membrane projecting into the vitreous humor within the globe of the eye in birds, and in many …
Read the complete definitionThe delicate and highly vascular membrane immediately investing the brain and spinal cord.
Read the complete definitionHaving minute thin spots; as, pitted ducts in the vascular parts of vegetable tissue.
Read the complete definitionPertaining to the vascular system of annelids.
Read the complete definitionA superficial growth of vascular tissue radiating in a fanlike manner from the cornea over the surface of the eye.
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