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Preferred term: Cowl
1. The amnion, either as a piece of membrane capping the baby's head at birth or the whole membrane when delivered unruptured with the baby.
Synonyms: galea, veil, velum, greater omentum.
Origin: Gaelic, call, a veil
(05 Mar 2000)
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