placentomegaly

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noun

The presence of an abnormally enlarged placenta.

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Meanings

nounplacentomegaly (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineThe presence of an abnormally enlarged placenta.

    Fetal magnetic resonance imaging at 23 + 3 revealed placentomegaly and normal central nervous system architecture.

    2015 April 15, Sruti S. Nadimpalli et al., “Congenital Parvovirus B19 Infection: Persistent Viremia and Red Blood Cell Aplasia”, in Open Forum Infectious Diseases, volume 2, →DOI

Origin

From placento- + -megaly.

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