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amnion

[am-nee-uhn] / ˈæm ni ən /


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He had two emergency corneal transplants and three amnion grafts, where tissue from the inner lining of a donated placenta was used to save his eye.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025

In the following months, Mr Laskey had several procedures, including the amnion - the name of the tissue taken from the inner lining of the donated placenta - grafts.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025

A method to correctly specify amnion formation is important to be able to recapitulate human embryo development as closely as possible using stem cell-based embryo models.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024

If the answer is yes, a branch leads upward to another question: does the egg have amnion?

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Serosa: the outer membrane that envelops the forming embryo, the amnion and the remainder of the egg.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.




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