| CPL | caprine placental lactogen; conditioned pitch level; congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasia |
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| HPL | human parotid lysozyme; human peripheral lymphocyte; human placental lactogen |
| hPL | human placental lactogen; human platelet lactogen |
| HPT | histamine provocation test; human placental thyrotropin; hyperparathyroidism; hypothalamo-pituitary-... |
| OPL | other party liability; outer plexiform layer; ovine placental lactogen |
| placental dystocia | Trouble delivering the placenta (the afterbirth). Dystocia comes from the greek dys meaning difficult, painful, disordered, abnormal + tokos meaning birth. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| placental extracts | Extracts prepared from placental tissue; they may contain specific but uncharacterised factors or proteins with specific activities. (12 Dec 1998) |
| placental function tests | Methods used for the assessment of placental function. (12 Dec 1998) |
| placental growth hormone | human placental lactogen |
| placental hormones | Hormones produced by the placenta during pregnancy, including chorionic gonadotropin and substances having oestrogen, progestin, or adrenocorticoid activity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| placental insufficiency | Failure of the placenta to deliver an adequate supply of nutrients and oxygen to the foetus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| placental lactogen | <chemical> A polypeptide hormone secreted by the placenta that enters the maternal circulation and disappears from the circulation immediately after delivery. It has growth-promoting activity, is immunologically similar to human growth hormone, and inhibits maternal insulin activity during pregnancy. By inhibiting glucose oxidation it can increase the glucose supply to a foetus developing in a malnourished mother. Chemical name: Lactogen, placental (12 Dec 1998) |
| placental lobes | Cotyledons of the human placenta, viewed on the maternal surface as irregularly shaped elevations or lobe's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| placental membrane | The semipermeable layer of foetal tissue separating the maternal from the foetal blood in the placenta; composed of: 1) endothelium of the foetal vessels in the chorionic villi, 2) stromata of the villi, 3) cytotrophoblast (negligible after the fifth month of gestation), and 4) syncytial trophoblast covering the villi; the placental membrane acts as a selective membrane regulating passage of substances from the maternal to the foetal blood. Synonym: placental barrier. (05 Mar 2000) |
| placental parasitic twin | Underdeveloped twin of allantoidangiopagous twin; joined by umbilical vessels. Synonym: placental parasitic twin. Origin: omphalo-+ G. Sitos, food (05 Mar 2000) |
| placental plasmodium | The syncytial outer layer of the trophoblast; site of synthesis of human chorionic gonadotropin. See: trophoblast. Synonym: placental plasmodium, plasmodial trophoblast, plasmodiotrophoblast, syncytial trophoblast, syntrophoblast. Origin: syncytium + trophoblast (05 Mar 2000) |
| placental polyp | A polyp developed from a piece of retained placenta. (05 Mar 2000) |
| placental septa | Incomplete partitions between placental cotyledons; they are covered with trophoblast and contain a core of maternal tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| placental sign | <clinical sign> Slight endometrial oozing of blood which occurs in certain animals and sometimes in women at the time of implantation of the fertilised ovum; in women, if the blood appears externally it may be mistaken for a scanty menstrual period. (05 Mar 2000) |
| placental site trophoblastic tumour | A tumour usually arising in the uterus of parous women during reproductive years. Histologically, the tumour consists of a predominance of intermediate trophoblastic cells with fibrinoid material and vascular invasion. (05 Mar 2000) |