amniotic
[am-nee-ot-ik]
- of, relating to, or having an amnion.
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Also am·ni·on·ic [am-nee-on-ik] /ˌæm niˈɒn ɪk/, am·nic [am-nik] /ˈæm nɪk/.
Origin of amniotic
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Contemporary Examples of amniotic
Chronic uncertainty surrounds children living under occupation like amniotic fluid.
Historical Examples of amniotic
But he has come into the world with an atrophy, a constriction, caused by amniotic threads.
Royal HighnessThomas Mann
This organ is only found in a completely differentiated form in the amniotic Vertebrata.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4)Francis Maitland Balfour
The constant presence of nutritive substances in the amniotic fluid during the whole period of gestation.
Simon MagusGeorge Robert Stow Mead
Intra-uterine amputation by constriction of amniotic bands sometimes occurs (Figs. 168, 169).
In yet others it is partly derived from endoderm and partly from ectoderm (primitive streak of amniotic Vertebrates).
amniotic
- of or relating to the amnion
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