AMNIOTIC CAVITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amniotic cavity mean? 

• AMNIOTIC CAVITY (noun)
  The noun AMNIOTIC CAVITY has 1 sense:

1. the fluid-filled cavity that surrounds the developing embryo

  Familiarity information: AMNIOTIC CAVITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMNIOTIC CAVITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The fluid-filled cavity that surrounds the developing embryo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("amniotic cavity" is a kind of...):

bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)

Meronyms (parts of "amniotic cavity"):

amnionic fluid; amniotic fluid; waters (the serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended inside the amnion)

 Context examples 

Amniotic cavity fluid which is produced by the AMNION and fetal lungs and kidneys.

(Amniotic Fluid, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The fluid within the amniotic cavity which surrounds and protects the developing embryo.

(Amniotic Fluid, NCI Thesaurus)

The procedure of instilling saline or other fluids into the amniotic cavity using an intrauterine catheter.

(Amnioinfusion, NCI Thesaurus)

In rare occasions, tumor cells may replicate the structure of the early embryo, forming "embryoid bodies" replete with germ discs and miniature amniotic cavities.

(Central Nervous System Embryonal Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)