Meaning

1 senses
  1. The sac in which the foetus develops in mammals, reptiles, and birds.

    Near-synonym: amnion (meronymy, holonymy, or embryological sequence seem to vary by who is defining the two)

    Fruchtblase, Fruchtsack

    пло́дный пузы́рьplódnyj puzýrʹ

    thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
sac in which foetus develops — see also amnion:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
sac in which foetus develops — see also amnion:

Forms

plural: amniotic sacs
Singularamniotic sac
Pluralamniotic sacs

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals):amnionamnios

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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