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 The sac in which the foetus develops in mammals, reptiles and birds …   Wiktionary

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

• Amniotic acid — 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

• sac — 1) мешочек, сумка 2) киста, мешочек amniotic sac мешок амниона; амнион bursal sac фабрициева сумка (у птиц) dialysis sac диализный мешочек embryonic yolk sac эмбриональный желточный мешок Golgi s sac цистерна комплекса Гольджи (элементарная… …   Англо-русский словарь по иммунологии

• Intra-amniotic infection — An intra amniotic infection (IAI) is a bacterial infection of the amniotic sac and the surrounding amniotic fluid. An IAI is extremely dangerous to both the mother and fetus and is the most common cause of premature labor.cite news url=http://www …   Wikipedia