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<anatomy, obstetrics> Sac, enclosing the embryo of amniote vertebrates, that provides a fluid environment to prevent dehydration during development of land based animals.
See: amnion.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(22 Feb 2008)
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