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Auditory placode
A dorsolateral placode located alongside the hindbrain that gives rise to the otocyst, which in turn develops into the internal ear.
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Placido’s disk
A disk marked with concentric black and white circles used in determining the amount and character of corneal irregularity.
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Indirect placentography
Measurement of the space between the placenta and the head of the fetus by means of radiographical examination. It is done to diagnose placenta previa.
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Placentitis
Inflammation of the placenta.
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Placental blood banking
The use of human placental tissue as a source of fetal blood and hematopoietic stem cells.
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Villous placenta
A placenta in which the chorion forms villi.
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Velamentous placenta
A placenta with the umbilical cord attached to the membrane a short distance from the placenta, the vessels entering the placenta at its margin.
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Placenta uterina
The maternal part of the placenta.
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Triple placenta
A placental mass of three lobes in a triple gestation.
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Tripartite placenta
A three-lobed placenta attached to a single fetus.
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