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AMNION
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Irregular inflected form: amnia
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("amnion" is a kind of...):
sac (a structure resembling a bag in an animal)
Domain category:
mammal; mammalian (any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk)
Holonyms ("amnion" is a part of...):
amniote (any member of the Amniota)
fetal membrane (any membrane that functions for the protection or nourishment or respiration or excretion of a developing fetus)
Derivation:
amnic; amnionic; amniotic (of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion)
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