えな

Japanese

Alternative spelling
胞衣

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) えな [èná] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
(Tokyo) えな [éꜜnà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [e̞na̠]

Noun

えな • (ena)

(obstetrics) afterbirth, the material expelled after childbirth, including the amnion, placenta and umbilical cord
Synonym: 後産 (atozan)

Hyponyms: 胎盤 (taiban, “placenta”), 羊膜 (yōmaku, “amnion”), 臍帯 (saitai, “umbilical cord”)

See also

胚(はい) (hai, “embryo”)
胎(たい)児(じ) (taiji, “embryo, foetus”)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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