TRANSPLACENTAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transplacental mean? 

• TRANSPLACENTAL (adjective)
  The adjective TRANSPLACENTAL has 1 sense:

1. occurring through or by way of the placenta

  Familiarity information: TRANSPLACENTAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSPLACENTAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Occurring through or by way of the placenta

Context example:

transplacental passage of nutrients

Similar:

placental (pertaining to or having or occurring by means of a placenta)

 Context examples 

Highly susceptible to the transplacental induction of malignant tumors of the central nervous system by ethyl nitrosourea (Druckrey et al 1970).

(BDIX, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)

Thrombocytopenia that occurs in neonates as a consequence of transplacental passage of maternal alloantibodies directed against fetal platelet antigens.

(Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia, NCI Thesaurus)

Transplacental infection of the fetus with rubella usually in the first trimester of pregnancy, as a consequence of maternal infection, resulting in various developmental abnormalities in the newborn infant.

(Congenital Rubella, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)