PLACENTA PREVIA
Dictionary entry overview: What does placenta previa mean? • PLACENTA PREVIA (noun)
The noun PLACENTA PREVIA has 1 sense:
1. pregnancy in which the placenta is implanted in the lower part of the uterus (instead of the upper part); can cause bleeding late in pregnancy; delivery by cesarean section may be necessary
Familiarity information: PLACENTA PREVIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PLACENTA PREVIA (noun)
Meaning:
Pregnancy in which the placenta is implanted in the lower part of the uterus (instead of the upper part); can cause bleeding late in pregnancy; delivery by cesarean section may be necessary
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("placenta previa" is a kind of...):
gestation; maternity; pregnancy (the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus)
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