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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN