Placenta L. placenta = a cake, flat cake, Gr. plakoenta = flat, plate. So called from the shape. The classical plural is placentae, but the form placentas is common in modern English and probably has the wider currency at present.
L. placenta = a cake, flat cake, Gr. plakoenta = flat, plate. So called from the shape. The classical plural is placentae, but the form placentas is common in modern English and probably has the wider currency at present.