amnion

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/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

amnion (plural amnions or amnia)

1. (anatomy) The innermost membrane of the fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.

Coordinate terms

• chorion, chorio-
• placenta, placento-

Derived terms

• amnio- (and derivatives therefrom)
• amniocentesis
• amnionic
• amniote
• amniotic
• subamnion

Translations

a fetal membrane of reptiles, birds, and mammals — See also translations at amniotic sac

Armenian: ջրաթաղանթ (hy) (ǰratʿałantʿ), սաղմնապարկ (hy) (sałmnapark), ամնիոն (hy) (amnion) Catalan: amni m Chinese: Cantonese: 羊膜 (joeng4 mok6-2) Mandarin: 羊膜 (zh) (yángmó) Dutch: amnion (nl) n Esperanto: amnio Finnish: vesikalvo (fi) French: amnios (fr) m German: Amnion (de) n Greek: Ancient: ἀμνίον n (amníon) Hebrew: שָׁפִיר‎ (he) m (shafír) Hungarian: magzatburok (hu) Ido: amniono (io) Irish: aimnín m Italian: amnio (it) m Japanese: 羊膜 (ようまく, yōmaku) Korean: 양막 (yangmak) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: serav (ku) f, amniyon f Maori: kahukahu Polish: owodnia f, amnion (pl) m Portuguese: âmnio m Romanian: amnios (ro) n Russian: амнио́н (ru) m (amnión) Spanish: amnios (es) m Vietnamese: màng ối

Anagrams

• I'm 'onna, Manion, Minoan, moanin', nomina, on main

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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/

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• Hyphenation: am‧ni‧on

Noun

amnion m (uncountable)

1. amnion

   Synonym: schaapsvlies

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Esperanto

Noun

amnion

1. accusative singular of amnio

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Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀμνίον (amníon).[1] First attested in 1810.[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈam.ɲɔn/

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• Rhymes: -amɲɔn
• Syllabification: am‧nion

Noun

amnion m inan

1. (anatomy, embryology) amnion

   Synonym: owodnia

Declension

Declension of amnion

	singular	plural
nominative	amnion	amniony
genitive	amnionu	amnionów
dative	amnionowi	amnionom
accusative	amnion	amniony
instrumental	amnionem	amnionami
locative	amnionie	amnionach
vocative	amnionie	amniony

References

1. Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
2. Georg Prochaska (1810) Zasady fizyologii ludzkiej. T. 2‎, page 182

Further reading

• amnion in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• amnion in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• amnion in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego