amniotic fluid

Noun

Meaning

the serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended inside the amnion

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Waters amnionic fluid water cerebrospinal fluid bodily fluid blood plasma pleural cavity amniotic sac body cavity extracellular fluid body space fluid compartment liquor amnii ascitic fluid aqua amnii

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Hypernyms

humor humour body fluid bodily fluid liquid body substance

Examples

Love 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

before a woman gives birth her waters break 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

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

Meconium passage into the amniotic fluid occurs in about 5–20 percent of all births and is more common in overdue births. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

amniotic cells amniotic cord amniotic egg amniotic fluid culture amniotic fluid cultures amniotic fluid embolism