How a 16th century Italian anatomist came up with the word ‘placenta’: it reminded him of a cake

… , Trota, in Salerno, Italy.
Although modern scholars suggest … frontispiece.
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When Italian anatomist Matteo Realdo Colombo coined … far back as Ancient Rome.
Colombo chose this term … the placenta, like the Italian cake, provided nourishment and …