Word Meanings - AMNION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A thin membrane surrounding the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles.

MEMBRANE
A thin layer or fold of tissue, usually supported by a fibrous network, serving to cover or line some part or organ, and often secreting or absorbing certain fluids. Note: The term is also often applied to the thin, expanded parts, of
MEMBRANEOUS
See MEMBRANOUS
SURROUNDING
Inclosing; encircling.
SURROUND
To inclose, as a body of troops, between hostile forces, so as to cut off means of communication or retreat; to invest, as a city. Syn. -- To encompass; encircle; environ; invest; hem in; fence about. (more info) L. super over + undare to rise
BIRDSEED
Canary seed, hemp, millet or other small seeds used for feeding caged birds.
REISSNER'S MEMBRANE
The thin membrane which separates the canal of the cochlea from the vestibular scala in the internal ear.