placenta accreta

placenta accreta definition - medical

placenta ac·cre·ta (ə-krēˈtə)

noun
Abnormal adherence of the chorionic villi to the myometrium, associated with partial or complete absence of the decidua basalis and the stratum spongiosum.

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