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placenta dimidiata (medicine)


placenta dimidiata -->
placenta duplex


A placenta consisting of two parts, almost entirely detached, being united only at the point of attachment of the cord.

See: placenta biloba.

Synonym: placenta dimidiata.


Cairns mechanism (medicine)


Cairns mechanism
<molecular biology> A mechanism for the replication of a double stranded circular DNA molecule. Replication is initiated at a fixed point and proceeds either uni or bi directionally.