Al*lan"toid (#), Al`lan*toid"al (#), a. [Gr. shaped like a sausage; sausage + form.] Anat.

Of or pertaining to the allantois.

 

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Al*lan"to*is (#), Al*lan"toid (#), } n.. Anat.

A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the urinary vesicle.

 

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