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PLACENTA PREVIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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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