amnio
noun
amnios
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pluralof amnio.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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She had two first cousins with Down syndrome, so after a few failed amnios, my mother knew exactly what she didn’t know about me.
From Slate ● Jun. 28, 2013
The amnios is the inner skin which compasseth the child in the womb.
The same explanation of structure applies to the seeds of Piperaceae and Saururus; and other instances occur of the persistence either of the membrane or of the substance of the amnios in the ripe seed.
From Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 by Phillip Parker King
But in a few plants an additional coat, apparently originating in the inner membrane of Grew, the vesicula colliquamenti or amnios of Malpighi also exists.
From Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 by Phillip Parker King
This skin and that called the amnios, involve the child round, both above and underneath, and on both sides, which the alantois does not.
