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amnion
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n. thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) [syn: amniotic sac , amnios ] [also: amnia (pl)]
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The Amnion (singular, Amnioni ) are a fictional alien species in Stephen R. Donaldson 's The Gap Cycle . They are shown to be the only alien race humanity has made contact with and play a major role in the series from Forbidden Knowledge onwards. Amnion ...
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Amnion \Am"ni*on\, n. [Gr. ? the membrane round the fetus, dim. of ? lamb.] (Anat.) A thin membrane surrounding the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles.
Usage examples of amnion.
The death of the foetus may be occasioned by a diseased condition of the embryo, amnion, or placenta, and also by convulsions or peritoneal inflammation.
He destroyed the Egyptian gods, and, to complete all, he decided to plunder Jupiter Amnion, a famous sanctuary situated near the Oasis of Siwah.
The Amnion wanted Vector to help them counter Intertech's antimutagen.
One is that Milos Taverner told the Amnion Nick Succorso has an effective antimutagen.
Nick Succorso had turned his mother over to the Amnion for reasons which had nothing to do with antimutagens.
Shaheed," Beckmann insisted, "my re search has the potential to secure humankind's future against any conceivable threat the Amnion can or may present.
The Amnion warships - Tranquil Hegemony and now Calm Horizons, looming out of deep space - had certainly been in communication with Than atos Minor, transmitting their requirements.
Was it possible, she wondered, that the origins of creatures like Vestabule and Taverner could affect Amnion deci sion-making processes.
We're all hanging by our fingernails because you took us to Enablement, you cheated the Amnion, you traded Davies away.
Captain's Fancy is in — and she came from deeper in Amnion space, from Enablement Station.
Morn Hyland was taken to Enablement with the connivance of the Amnion so that she could be transformed into some manner of genetic kaze aimed at us.
He still wore the eyeshades she'd given him to conceal his Amnion fea tures.
Stiffly, Min discussed the disposition of Earth's forces and the defense of human space in case the Amnion attempted a preemptive strike of their own.
They believe he repre sents the knowledge necessary to mutate Amnion indistinguish able from humans.
Highly conserved endogenous retroviruses expressed by the trophectoderm of the developing embryo—the portion that would develop into the surrounding amnion and placenta—protected against attacks by the mother's immune system.