incarcerated placenta
1incarcerated placenta — retained p …
2Placenta — A temporary organ joining the mother and fetus, the placenta transfers oxygen and nutrients from the mother to the fetus, and permits the release of carbon dioxide and waste products from the fetus. It is roughly disk shaped, and at full term… …
3retained placenta — a placenta that is either adherent or incarcerated and in consequence fails to be expelled after childbirth …
4Mary Toft — Mary Toft, in an engraving based on a painting by John Laguerre in 1726 Born …
5AIDS — /aydz/, n. Pathol. a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi s sarcoma, and to neurological disorders:… …
