Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe innermost membrane of the fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
From Latin amnion (“membrane around a fetus”), from Ancient Greek ἀμνίον (amníon).
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