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allantoic sac(medicine)
allantoic(medicine)
allantoic vesicle(medicine)
allantoic fluid(medicine)
allantoic diverticulum(medicine)
allantoic bladder(medicine)
allantoic acid(medicine)
allantoic cyst(medicine)
windy(medicine)

allantoic diverticulum (medicine) and windy(2) (iou)


allantoic diverticulum (medicine)


allantoic diverticulum


An endoderm-lined outpouching of the hindgut (in humans, the yolk sac of a very young embryo) representing the primordium of the allantois; in most amniotes, it grows into the extraembryonic celom; in humans, the distal part of the allantoic lumen is rudimentary, not extending beyond the body stalk.

Synonym: allantoenteric diverticulum.


windy(2) (iou)



windy adjective2. L20.
[from WIND verb1 + -Y1.]
Of a road, course, etc.: that winds about, twisting and turning.