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transplacentally

transplacentally

9.8
Through the mother's placenta to the baby before birth
  • adverb
  • /trænspləˈsɛntəli/
  • Specialized
: transplacentariamente
  • The disease can be transmitted transplacentally from mother to fetus or from mother to infant via breast milk.

Examples

  • In humans, the intellectual and behavioral developments of children transplacentally exposed to PCBs, CDFs, and other compounds were studied.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Nutrients are delivered transplacentally from the mother to the developing baby.

  • The disease can be transmitted transplacentally from mother to fetus during pregnancy.

  • Some drugs can affect the fetus when given transplacentally through the placenta.

Surface Forms

transplacentally positive

Morphology

transplacentally = transplacental (transparent) = trans + placenta + al + ly

Formation from the adjective 'transplacental' by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' is regular and the meaning 'by way of the placenta' is directly recoverable.

Etymology

The word transplacentally comes from trans- 'across', the same part in transfer, and placenta, the organ that links a mother and her unborn baby, so it means something moves 'across the placenta' from mother to baby.