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Definition: Amnion |
AmnionNoun1. Thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo in higher vertebrates (Amniota: reptiles; birds; mammals). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Amnion \Am"ni*on\, noun. [Greek expression the membrane round the fetus, diminutive of lamb.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | The extraembryonic membrane which contains the embryo and amniotic fluid. (references) |
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Synonyms: AmnionSynonyms: amnios (n), amniotic sac (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Amnion |
| English words defined with "amnion": amnic, amnionic, amnionic fluid, Amniota, amniotic, amniotic fluid, Anamniotic ♦ Somatopleure ♦ Waters. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "amnion": Chorioamnionitis. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "amnion": Amniota. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Amnion" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (amnion), Dutch (amnion), German (amnion). |
| "Amnion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Amnion" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
amnion | 10 |
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| Language | Translations for "amnion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | amnion (fetal membrane, foetal membrane). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | amnion. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | amnios (m), amnios. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Amnion. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | άμνιο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | amnios. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 羊膜 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ようまく. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | amnionay âmnio (amniotic navel), âmnio. (various references) vodenjak (newt, triton, water spirit). (various references) amnios. (various references) амніон (amnia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "amnion": amnionic, amnions. (additional references) | |
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"Amnion" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alminio, alnino, Amancio, Ambion, Amicon, amin'ny, amio, amion, Amison, amneo, Amni, amnia, amnon, Anmyon, Annio, annium, Annoni, announ, Arnison, Axminton, Ennion, famennian, maion, Manadon, Mancino, Mangione, manian, Manion, maniot, Mannino, Mannoni, manon, Manyon, Manyoni, omenoni, wannian. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "amnion" (pronounced 'Am"ni*on'): Abacination, Abaction, Abaddon, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Ablution, Abluvion, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Aboon, Abortion, Abrasion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Abscession, Abscision, Abscission, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstersion, Abstraction, Abstrusion, Absumption, Abusion, Abutilon, Accension, Accentuation, Acceptation. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: nomina. | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-m-n-n-o" | |
-1 letter: amino, amnio, anion. | |
-2 letters: amin, anon, main, mano, mina, moan, naoi, noma, nona. | |
-3 letters: aim, ain, ami, ani, inn, ion, man, moa, mon, nam, nan, nim, nom. | |
-4 letters: ai, am, an, in, ma, mi, mo, na, no, om, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-m-n-n-o" | |
+1 letter: amnions, mansion, moaning, nominal, onanism. | |
+2 letters: agnomina, amnionic, antimony, antinomy, cinnamon, demonian, dominant, hominian, insomnia, mandolin, mannitol, mansions, masoning, monecian, mountain, nominals, nominate, nonimage, onanisms, pointman, womaning. | |
+3 letters: amounting, animation, anonymity, anthemion, antinomic, antiwoman, antonymic, badminton, bemoaning, cinnamons, cognomina, companion, damnation, denominal, dominance, dominants, emanation, enamoring, gammoning, hamboning, hominians, informant, inharmony, insomniac, insomnias, kinswoman, mandoline, mandolins, mannitols, marooning, melatonin, menadione, mentation, monoamine, monomania, montaging, mountains, mountainy, nominally, nominated, nominates, nominator, nonanimal, nonatomic, nonfamily, nonimpact, omnirange, pneumonia, prenomina, ransoming, romancing, tamponing, unanimous, womankind. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6D 6E 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -- -. .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101101 01101110 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A m n i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006D 006E 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)357980758180 |
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