POLYCOTYLEDONARY PLACENTA
\pˌɒlɪkˌɒtɪlˈiːdənəɹi pləsˈɛntə], \pˌɒlɪkˌɒtɪlˈiːdənəɹi pləsˈɛntə], \p_ˌɒ_l_ɪ_k_ˌɒ_t_ɪ_l_ˈiː_d_ə_n_ə_ɹ_i p_l_ə_s_ˈɛ_n_t_ə]\
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That variety of placental formation in which, as in the ruminants, the chorionic villi are collected into a number of large separate tufts scattered over the surface of the chorion, each tuft being received into a cryptlike depression in a thickened portion of the uterine mucous membrane.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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Dopamine Acetyltransferase
- An enzyme that catalyzes the of groups from acetyl-CoA to arylamines. They have wide specificity for aromatic amines, particularly serotonin, and can also catalyze acetyl transfer between arylamines without CoA. EC 2.3.1.5.
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- polyconic projection
- polycoria
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- polycotyledonous
- polycotyledony
- polycracy
- polycrinoses
- polycrotic