placentology Zool. and Anat.
(plæsənˈtɒlədʒɪ)
[f. placenta + -ology.]
The science or study of placentæ. Hence placenˈtologist one versed in placentology.
| 1960 C. A. Villee Placenta & Fetal Membranes p. vii, Placentology owes so much to George Bernays Wislocki that it is entirely fitting for him to share this dedication with another distinguished placentologist, George L. Streeter. 1970 Boyd & Hamilton Human Placenta i. 14/2 The intervillous space had only been described by placentologists working on human material. 1971 Nature 3 Dec. 284/2 Methods in Mammalian Embryology includes four chapters on eggs and spermatozoa..and six on implantation and placentology. |