Adjective
Of or pertaining to the amnion; characterized by an amnion; as, the amniotic fluid; the amniotic sac.
Source: Webster's dictionaryLove is all around us all the time. Love is the ethers that we swim in. Love is the amniotic fluid of the soul. Marianne Williamson
amniotic membrane Source: Internet
Aly Jenkins, a member of Sherry Anderson's rink, died Sunday during childbirth at the age of 30. Doctors determined amniotic fluid had entered her blood stream, setting off a rare amniotic fluid embolism. Source: Internet
Causes Fetal distress during labor causes intestinal contractions, as well as relaxation of the anal sphincter, which allows meconium to pass into the amniotic fluid and contaminate the amniotic fluid. Source: Internet
It was the development of the amniotic egg, which prevents the developing embryo from drying out, that enabled the reptiles to reproduce on land and which led to their dominance in the period that followed. Source: Internet
Meconium is normally stored in the infant's intestines until after birth, but sometimes (often in response to fetal distress and hypoxia) it is expelled into the amniotic fluid prior to birth, or during labor. Source: Internet