: the serous fluid in which the embryo or fetus is suspended within the amnion
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That 60 Minutes piece was seen by 20 million viewers and was the first time the general public was alerted that AIDS could be transmitted by heterosexual body fluids, in this case amniotic fluid, in the womb or shared blood with the mother.—Paul Keane, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2025 According to the Cleveland Clinic, although amniotic fluid entering the mother's blood is normal during childbirth, the rare response involves the maternal immune system overreacting to this presence.—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025 Speaking to Fox 11 Los Angeles about Hailey's death, Matt revealed that her cause of death was an amniotic fluid embolism, a rare complication that caused her cardiac arrest.—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025 For decades, prenatal testing for Down syndrome and other chromosomal conditions had fallen into two categories: invasive biopsies using a needle to collect fetal cells from the amniotic fluid or the placenta, or biomarker testing via a simple blood draw from the pregnant person.—Laura Hercher, Scientific American, 24 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for amniotic fluid
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