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from The Century Dictionary.

  • [As Amniota + -ic; = French amniotique.]
  • Pertaining to the amnion; contained in the amnion: as, the amniotic fluid.
  • Possessing an amnion; belonging to the Amnionata, as a mammal, bird, or reptile. See Amnionata.
  • Also amnic.
  • In botany, the embryo-sac.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the amnion; characterized by an amnion
  • adjective (Chem.), [R.] See Allantoin.

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  • adjective Pertaining to the amnion.

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  • adjective of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion

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Examples

  • These stem cells, found in amniotic fluid, could one day lead to a readily available supply of stem cells that don't come with the ethical problems surrounding embryonic stem cells.

    New Source of Stem Calls? A Good Thing? Steve Carper 2007

  • These stem cells, found in amniotic fluid, could one day lead to a readily available supply of stem cells that don't come with the ethical problems surrounding embryonic stem cells.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Steve Carper 2007

  • After waiting for about half an hour, my translator and I are ushered down a long corridor, past a security door, and through a windowless conference room filled with brand-new imported office furniture still encapsulated in amniotic plastic sacs.

    In a Ruined Country 2005

  • After waiting for about half an hour, my translator and I are ushered down a long corridor, past a security door, and through a windowless conference room filled with brand-new imported office furniture still encapsulated in amniotic plastic sacs.

    In a Ruined Country 2005

  • The new Williams credits Clark with the idea that AFE is similar to anaphylaxis and with the suggestion that the name amniotic fluid embolism (or "amnionic," as Williams puts it) is a misnomer.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • January 2007 – Scientists at Wake Forest University led by Dr. Anthony Atala and Harvard University report discovery of a new type of stem cell in amniotic fluid. [

    Think Progress » Poll: Large Number Of Texans Doubt The Theory Of Evolution, Believe In Human-Dinosaur Coexistence 2010

  • He suffered from a condition called amniotic band syndrome ABS, also known as temporal band syndrome.

    Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011

  • He suffered from a condition called amniotic band syndrome ABS, also known as temporal band syndrome.

    Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011

  • Spaces appear between the remaining cells of the mass (Fig. 11), and by the enlargement and coalescence of these spaces a cavity, termed the amniotic cavity (Fig. 12), is gradually developed.

    I. Embryology. 5. Segmentation of the Fertilized Ovum 1918

  • In this way a cavity, a., lined by epiblast, and called the amniotic cavity, is formed.

    Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata 1906

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