sac
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In a dark room, a doctor pointed to an hourglass shape glowing on the ultrasound screen: There was her amniotic sac, funneling into her dilated cervix, and there was their tiny daughter’s foot, dipping out.
From Salon • May 27, 2026
Then came the worst part: I passed the amniotic sac.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
At the inquest on Monday, the court also shown photographs of the area behind a number of houses on the cul de sac.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026
It’s the sesquicentennial of Western Australia, and everyone on Tony and Judy’s cul de sac is excited.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2024
Leonard Hayflick had an especially personal connection with his cell line, WISH, which Gartler had listed as contaminated: he’d grown it using cells from the amniotic sac in which his unborn daughter had once floated.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
Vocabulary lists containing sac
Commonly Confused Words, List 4
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Unit 2: Evolution
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