amnio- (Greek: "bowl", or "lamb").Denotes a thin, transparent, tough membrane lining and the fluid-filled cavity contains the embryo of reptiles, birds, and mammals [amniotes]; the membrane around a fetus; diminutive of amnos, lamb; a bowl in which the blood of sacrificial victims was caught. Now used primarily to indicate the membrane surrounding the fetus in utero.amniocardiac:
amniocele:
amniocentesis:
amniochorial:
amniochorion:
amniochorionic:
amnioclepsis:
amnioembryonic:
amniogenesis:
amniography:
amnioma:
amnion:
amnionic:
amnionitis:
amniorrhea:
amniorrhexis:
amnioscope:
amnioscopy:
amniotic:
amniotome:
amniotomy:
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