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noun - thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)
adj - a membranous sac enclosing an embryo [n -NIONS or -NIA] : AMNIC, AMNIONIC, AMNIOTIC
AMNION - For the alien race in Stephen R. Donaldson's The Gap Cycle, see Amnion (Gap Cycle).The amnion is a membrane that closely covers the embryo when first...
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| Embryonic sac |
| Embryonic membrane |
| Protective membrane |
| Embryo membrane |
| Innermost membrane enclosing embryo in certain creatures |
| Innermost membrane |
| Baby wrap an omnishambles |
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| A thin, tough, membranous sac that encloses the embryo or fetus of a mammal, bird, or reptile. It is filled with a serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended. |
| the innermost membrane that encloses the embryo of a mammal, bird, or reptile. |
| thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) |
| a bag made of thin skin that contains amniotic fluid and surrounds the embryo of a mammal, bird, or reptile inside its mother |
| The innermost membrane that encloses the embryo of a mammal, bird, or reptile. |
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For the alien race in Stephen R. Donaldson's The Gap Cycle, see Amnion (Gap Cycle).The amnion is a membrane that closely covers the embryo when first formed. It fills with the amniotic fluid which causes the amnion to expand and become the amniotic sac which serves to provide a protective environment for the developing embryo or fetus. The amnion, along with the chorion, the yolk sac and the allantois form a protective sac around the embryo. In birds, reptiles and 5 species of mammals, the protective sac is enclosed in a shell, in the rest of the mammals it is enclosed in a uterus. * The term amnion is from Ancient Greek 'little lamb', diminutive of 'lamb'. it is cognate with the English verb 'yean', bring forth young (usually lambs). * It is a feature of the amniotes, or amniota, which includes the vertebrate groups reptiles, birds, and mammals. Amphibians and fish are excluded from the amniota. The amnion stems from the extra-embryonic somatic mesoderm on the outer side and the extra-e |