amniotic, a.
(æmnɪˈɒtɪk)
[mod. form. on the non-Gr. form amnios (prob. first in Fr. which has amnios, amniotique) after chaotic, Nilotic, demotic: see -otic. The Gr. form from ἀµνίον would have been ἀµνιακός, amniac.]
Of or pertaining to an amnion; of the nature of, or characterized by, an amnion. a. Phys.
| 1822 J. Imison Sc. & Art II. 140 The amniotic acid is found in the liquor of the amnios of a cow. 1863 Watts Dict. Chem. I. 128 The amniotic liquid contains albumin, pyin..and in some instances glucose. 1877 Huxley Anat. Inv. An. vii. 445 A more or less complete amniotic investment. |
b. Bot.
| 1870 Hooker Stud. Flora 13 Nymphæaceæ..embryo enclosed in the enlarged amniotic sac. |