Meaning Of The Word Allantois
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Allantois Meaning
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allantois in American English
a membranous pouch with a rich blood supply in the embryos of birds, reptiles, and mammals: it is an organ of respiration and excretion for embryonic birds and reptiles: in mammals it helps form the placenta noun: a vascular, extraembryonic membrane of birds, reptiles, and certain mammals that develops as a sac or diverticulum from the ventral wall of the hindgut allantois in British English noun: a membranous sac growing out of the ventral surface of the hind gut of embryonic reptiles, birds, and mammals. It combines with the chorion to form the mammalian placenta |
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