Word: placentome
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pla
cen
tome
Definition: All the tissue associated with placentation (the cotyledon and the caruncle)
Morphemes:
Affix: placenta
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A vascular organ in mammals, except monotremes and marsupials, present only in the female during gestation. It supplies food and oxygen from the mother to the foetus, and passes back waste. It is implanted in the wall of the uterus and links to the foetus through the umbilical cord. It is expelled after birth.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: placenta
Language: la
Decoded: placenta
Meaning: flat cake
Affix: -ome
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A mass of something.