amnion

From Latin amnion (“membrane around a fetus”), from Ancient Greek ἀμνίον (amníon).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæm.nɪ.ɒn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæm.ni.ɑːn/

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amnion (plural amnions or amnia)

1. (anatomy) The innermost membrane of the fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.

   Synonym: (archaic) amnios

   • 2022, Ling Ma, “Office Hours”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:

     He never seemed to mind, and after a while, she no longer felt self-conscious about languishing in the amnion of his office.

• chorion, chorio-
• placenta, placento-

• I'm 'onna, Manion, Minoan, moanin', nomina, on main

From Latin amnion (“membrane around a fetus”), from Ancient Greek ἀμνίον (amníon, “bowl in which the blood of victims was caught”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑm.ni.ɔn/

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• Hyphenation: am‧ni‧on

amnion m (uncountable)

1. amnion

   Synonym: schaapsvlies

amnion

1. accusative singular of amnio

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀμνίον (amníon).[1] First attested in 1810.[2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈam.ɲɔn/

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• Rhymes: -amɲɔn
• Syllabification: am‧nion

amnion m inan

1. (anatomy, embryology) amnion (innermost membrane of the fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended)

   Synonym: owodnia

• amnion in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• amnion in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego