amniotic sac

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• Amniotic sac — A drawing of the amniotic sac from Gray s Anatomy …   Wikipedia

• amniotic sac — Sac, enclosing the embryo of amniote vertebrates, that provides a fluid environment to prevent dehydration during development of land based animals. See amnion …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• amniotic sac — noun Date: circa 1881 amnion …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• amniotic sac — 1) Медицина: амнион, амниотическая оболочка (водная), амниотический мешок 2) Иммунология: мешок амниона …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

• amniotic sac — мед.фраз. амниотический мешок; амнион; амниотическая водная оболочка …   Англо-русский медицинский словарь

• fetal amniotic sac — пложный пузырь …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

• fetal amniotic sac — пложный пузырь …   Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь

• Amniotic fluid — or liquor amnii is the nourishing and protecting liquid contained by the amnion of a pregnant woman. The amnion grows and begins to fill, mainly with water, around two weeks after fertilization. After a further 10 weeks the liquid contains… …   Wikipedia

• Amniotic — Am ni*ot ic, a. [Cf. F. amniotique.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the amnion; characterized by an amnion; as, the amniotic fluid; the amniotic sac. [1913 Webster] {Amniotic acid}. (Chem.) [R.] See {Allantoin}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Amniotic fluid embolism — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 574 ICD10 = ICD10|O|88|1|o|85 ICD9 = ICD9|673.1 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 122 MeshID = D004619Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a rare and incompletely… …   Wikipedia