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plural amnions or amnia
(anatomy) The innermost membrane of the fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended. quotations examples
He never seemed to mind, and after a while, she no longer felt self-conscious about languishing in the amnion of his office.
2022, Ling Ma, “Office Hours”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux