πλακούντας

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πλακοῦς, -οῦντος (plakoûs, -oûntos, flat cake), from πλάξ (pláx, flat thing). Sense 1 and sense 2 are semantic loans from New Latin placenta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plaˈkundas/
  • Hyphenation: πλα‧κού‧ντας

Noun

πλακούντας • (plakoúntas) m (plural πλακούντες)

  1. (medicine) placenta, afterbirth (vascular organ in mammals during gestation)
    Synonym: ύστερο (ýstero)
    Ο πλακούντας αποβάλλεται μετά τον τοκετό.
    O plakoúntas apoválletai metá ton toketó.
    The placenta is expelled after birth.
  2. (botany) placenta
  3. a type of pie or pastry

Declension

Derived terms

  • πλακούντιο n (plakoúntio) (diminutive)

Further reading

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