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amniotic /am·ni·ot·ic/ (am″ne-ot´ik) pertaining to or developing an amnion. amniotic. See amnion . amniotic pertaining to the amnion. amniotic fluid the albuminous fluid contained in the amniotic sac. amniotic plaque small, 2 to 4 mm diameter, poxlike lesion on the inside of the amnion. Constant on the bovine amnion during the middle trimester and causes no problems nor has any known function. amniotic sac the amnion; the sac enclosing the fetus suspended in the amniotic fluid. amniotic vesicle see amniotic sac (above). Palpation of the vesicle per rectum in the cow is a common test for pregnancy between the 35th and 65th day of pregnancy. Patient discussion about amniotic. Q. what does it mean when an ultrasound shows an empty amniotic sac and no baby? A. This exact thing happened with my friend who is now 22 weeks with her first baby. She had 2 additional sacs - both empty - and the doctor said that the pregnancy had probably started out as triplets but that only one of the embryos had actually established and continued to grow. Read more or ask a question about amnioticHer doctor said it is very common for a woman to have more than one egg fertilize but that in most cases the pregnancy continues as a singleton only. She told my friend that the empty sacs would just disappear through time (which they did) and that they posed no danger to her baby. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Anthony Atala, director of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine
at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, reported that stem cells
in the amniotic fluid that fills the sac surrounding the fetus may be
just as versatile as embryonic stem cells. These stem cells are found in the amniotic fluid
of a woman, a substance that is usually discarded upon the birth of a
child. , and his colleagues
wondered whether some of the fetal cells in amniotic fluid are stem
cells. |
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