amnion

== English == === Etymology === From Latin amnion (“membrane around a fetus”), from Ancient Greek ἀμνίον (amníon). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæm.nɪ.ɒn/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈæm.ni.ɑːn/ === Noun === amnion (plural amnions or amnia) (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 ==== Coordinate terms ==== chorion, chorio- placenta, placento- ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === I'm 'onna, Manion, Minoan, moanin', nomina, on main == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin amnion. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈamɲɪjon] === Noun === amnion n (anatomy) amnion Synonym: ovčí blána ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “amnion”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “amnion”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “amnion”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == 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/ Hyphenation: am‧ni‧on === Noun === amnion n (plural amnionen, diminutive amnionnetje n) amnion Synonym: schaapsvlies == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /amˈnion/ Rhymes: -ion Syllabification: am‧ni‧on === Noun === amnion 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 === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /amˈnion/ [amˈni.ɔn] Rhymes: -on Syllabification: am‧ni‧on === Noun === amnion (anatomy) amnion ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “amnion”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμνίον (amníon). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈam.ni.ɔn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈam.ni.on] === Noun === amnion n (genitive amniī); second declension (New Latin, anatomy) amnion ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type). ==== Descendants ==== English: amnion == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀμνίον (amníon). First attested in 1810. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈam.ɲɔn/ Rhymes: -amɲɔn Syllabification: am‧nion === Noun === amnion m inan (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 ==== === References === === Further reading === “amnion”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) amnion in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego