amnion
English
Etymology
From LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from Latin#AMNIONCategory:English learned borrowings from Latin#AMNIONCategory:English terms derived from Latin#AMNION amnion (“membrane around a fetus”), from Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#AMNION ἀμνίον (amníon).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæm.nɪ.ɒn/Category:English 3-syllable words#AMNIONCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#AMNION
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæm.ni.ɑːn/Category:English 3-syllable words#AMNIONCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#AMNION
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#AMNIONAudio (US): (file)
Noun
amnion (plural amnions or amnia)Category:English lemmas#AMNIONCategory:English nouns#AMNIONCategory:English countable nouns#AMNIONCategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#AMNIONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#AMNIONCategory:Pages with entries#AMNIONCategory:Pages with 5 entries#AMNION
- (anatomyCategory:en:Anatomy#AMNION) 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.Category:English terms with quotations#AMNION
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Dutch
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Dutch terms derived from Latin#AMNION amnion (“membrane around a fetus”), from Ancient GreekCategory:Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek#AMNION ἀμνίον (amníon, “bowl in which the blood of victims was caught”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑm.ni.ɔn/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#AMNION
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#AMNIONAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: am‧ni‧on
Noun
amnion n (plural amnionen, diminutive amnionnetje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#AMNIONCategory:Dutch nouns#AMNIONCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#AMNIONCategory:Dutch nouns with lengthened vowel in the plural#AMNIONCategory:Dutch nouns with red links in their headword lines#AMNIONCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#AMNIONCategory:Dutch neuter nouns#AMNIONCategory:Pages with entries#AMNIONCategory:Pages with 5 entries#AMNION
- amnion
- Synonym: schaapsvlies
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amˈnion/Category:Esperanto 3-syllable words#AMNIONCategory:Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation#AMNION
Category:Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation#AMNIONAudio: (file) - Rhymes: -ionCategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/ion#AMNIONCategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/ion/3 syllables#AMNION
- Syllabification: am‧ni‧on
Noun
amnionCategory:Esperanto non-lemma forms#AMNIONCategory:Esperanto noun forms#AMNIONCategory:Esperanto entries with incorrect language header#AMNIONCategory:Pages with entries#AMNIONCategory:Pages with 5 entries#AMNION
- accusative singular of amnioCategory:Esperanto noun forms#AMNION
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from DutchCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch#AMNIONCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Dutch#AMNION amnion, from LatinCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Latin#AMNION amnion (“membrane around a fetus”), from Ancient GreekCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Ancient Greek#AMNION ἀμνίον (amníon, “bowl in which the blood of victims was caught”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /amˈnion/ [amˈni.ɔn]Category:Indonesian 3-syllable words#AMNIONCategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#AMNION
- Rhymes: -onCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/on#AMNIONCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/on/3 syllables#AMNION
- Syllabification: am‧ni‧on
Noun
amnionCategory:Indonesian lemmas#AMNIONCategory:Indonesian nouns#AMNIONCategory:Indonesian nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals#AMNIONCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#AMNIONCategory:Pages with entries#AMNIONCategory:Pages with 5 entries#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
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient GreekCategory:Polish terms borrowed from Ancient Greek#AMNIONCategory:Polish learned borrowings from Ancient Greek#AMNIONCategory:Polish terms derived from Ancient Greek#AMNION ἀμνίον (amníon).[1] First attested in 1810.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈam.ɲɔn/Category:Polish 2-syllable words#AMNIONCategory:Polish terms with IPA pronunciation#AMNION
Category:Polish terms with audio pronunciation#AMNIONAudio 1: (file)
Category:Polish terms with audio pronunciation#AMNIONAudio 2: (file) - Rhymes: -amɲɔnCategory:Rhymes:Polish/amɲɔn#AMNIONCategory:Rhymes:Polish/amɲɔn/2 syllables#AMNION
- Syllabification: am‧nion
Noun
amnion m inanCategory:Polish lemmas#AMNIONCategory:Polish nouns#AMNIONCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#AMNIONCategory:Polish masculine nouns#AMNIONCategory:Polish inanimate nouns#AMNIONCategory:Pages with entries#AMNIONCategory:Pages with 5 entries#AMNION
- (anatomyCategory:pl:Anatomy#AMNION, embryologyCategory:pl:Embryology#AMNION) amnion (innermost membrane of the fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended)
- Synonym: owodnia
Declension
References
- ↑ Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), “amnion”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ↑ Georg Prochaska (1810), Zasady fizyologii ludzkiej. T. 2 (in Polish), page 182