Meanings
adjectiveamniotic (not comparable)
- not comparablePertaining to the amnion.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion
Similar
amnionicamnic
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekἀμνίον“vessel for collecting the blood from sacrifices”
- Frenchamniotique
- Englishamniotic
Likely borrowed from French amniotique, from Ancient Greek ἀμνίον (amníon, “vessel for collecting the blood from sacrifices”). Equivalent to amnion + -otic.
More words from French, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic أَمْنِيُوتِيّ
- أَمْنِيُوتِيّ (ʔamniyūtiyy)pertaining to the amnion
Catalan àmnic, amniòtic
- àmnicpertaining to the amnion
- amniòticpertaining to the amnion
Finnish amnioottinen
- amnioottinenpertaining to the amnion
German amniotisch
- amniotischpertaining to the amnion
Indonesian amniotik
- amniotikpertaining to the amnion
Irish aimníneach
- aimníneachpertaining to the amnion
Italian amniotico
- amnioticopertaining to the amnion
Portuguese amniótico
- amnióticopertaining to the amnion
Romanian amniotic
- amnioticpertaining to the amnion
Russian околопло́дный
- околопло́дный (okoloplódnyj)pertaining to the amnion
Spanish amniótico
- amnióticopertaining to the amnion
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with amniotic
eroticexoticaquaticantibioticchaoticasymptoticnarcotichypnoticidioticneuroticbioticsymbioticosmoticprobioticsemioticdespoticoticquixoticsclerotichomoeroticheterotichomeoticautoeroticNilotic
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Cite this entry
APA
amniotic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amniotic
MLA
“amniotic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amniotic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “amniotic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amniotic.
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