amnion

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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
    Near-synonym: amniotic sac
    • 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.

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑm.ni.ɔn/
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  • Hyphenation: am‧ni‧on

Noun

amnion n (plural amionen, diminutive amnionnetje n)

  1. amnion
    Synonym: schaapsvlies

Esperanto

Noun

amnion

  1. accusative singular of amnio

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

amnion

  1. (anatomy) amnion

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Polish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Declension

Declension of amnion
singular plural
nominative amnion amniony
genitive amnionu amnionów
dative amnionowi amnionom
accusative amnion amniony
instrumental amnionem amnionami
locative amnionie amnionach
vocative amnionie amniony

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “amnion”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Georg Prochaska (1810) Zasady fizyologii ludzkiej. T. 2‎ (in Polish), page 182

Further reading

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