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am⋅ni⋅on

  [am-nee-uhn]
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–noun, plural -ni⋅ons, -ni⋅a  [-nee-uh] .
1. Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
2. Zoology. a similar membrane of insects and other invertebrates.
Origin:
1660–70; < Gk, equiv. to amn(ós) lamb (see yean ) + -ion dim. suffix
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am·ni·a   (ām'nē-ə)   
n.  A plural of amnion.
am·ni·on   (ām'nē-ən, -ŏn')   
n.   pl. am·ni·ons or am·ni·a (-nē-ə)
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.

[Greek amniōn.]
am'ni·ot'ic (-ŏt'ĭk), am'ni·on'ic (-ŏn'ĭk) adj.
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Main Entry: am·ni·on
Pronunciation: 'am-nE-"än, -&n
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural amnions or am·nia /-nE-&/
: a thin membrane forming a closed sac about the embryos of reptiles, birds, and mammals and containing a serous fluid in which the embryo isimmersed called also amniotic sac
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amnion am·ni·on (ām'nē-ən, -ŏn')
n. am·ni·ons or am·ni·a (-nē-ə)
The thin, membranous sac filled with a serous fluid in which the embryo or fetus is enclosed and suspended in the uterus. Also called amniotic sac.

am'ni·ot'ic (-ŏt'ĭk) or am'ni·on'ic (-ŏn'ĭk) adj.

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amnion   (ām'nē-ən)  Pronunciation Key 
A thin, membranous sac filled with a watery fluid (called the amniotic fluid) in which the embryo or fetus of a reptile, bird, or mammal is suspended during prenatal development. Also called amniotic sac.
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