AMNIOS
Dictionary entry overview: What does amnios mean? • AMNIOS (noun)
The noun AMNIOS has 1 sense:
1. thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)
Familiarity information: AMNIOS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• AMNIOS (noun)
Meaning:
Thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
amnion; amnios; amniotic sac
Hypernyms ("amnios" is a kind of...):
sac (a structure resembling a bag in an animal)
Domain category:
mammal; mammalian (any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk)
Holonyms ("amnios" is a part of...):
amniote (any member of the Amniota)
fetal membrane (any membrane that functions for the protection or nourishment or respiration or excretion of a developing fetus)
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