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ALLANTOIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does allantoic mean?
• ALLANTOIC (adjective)
The adjective ALLANTOIC has 1 sense:
1. relating to or characterized by an allantois
Familiarity information: ALLANTOIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or characterized by an allantois
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
allantois (the vascular fetal membrane that lies below the chorion and develops from the hindgut in many embryonic higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals))
Context examples
The median umbilical ligament is formed as the allantoic stalk during fetal development and lasts through life.
(Median umbilical ligament, NCI Dictionary)
An umbilical cyst that arises from allantoic tissue that did not regress during gestational development.
(Allantoic Cyst, NCI Thesaurus)
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