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Amirante Islands The Amirante Islands (Amirantes), a group of coral islands and atolls, belong to the Outer Islands of the Seychelles. They stretch about 155 km from the African Banks Atoll in the North to Desnoeufs Island in the South, all on the shallow Amirantes Bank (Amirantes Plateau, mostly depths of 25 to 70 m), expect the main island of Desroches in the east, and submerged Lady Denison Pender Shoal at the northern end.
Amis et Amiles Amis et Amiles is an old French romance based on a widespread legend of friendship and sacrifice. In its earlier and simpler form it is the story of two friends, one of whom, Amis, was smitten with leprosy because he had committed perjury to save his friend.
Amish The Amish (IPA: ), are an Anabaptist Christian denomination in the United States and Ontario, Canada that are known for their plain dress and limited use of modern devices such as automobiles and electricity. The Amish separate themselves from mainstream society for religious reasons: they do not join the military, they draw no Social Security, nor do they accept any form of financial assistance from the government, and many avoid insurance.
Amish Acres Arts & Crafts Festival The Amish Acres Arts & Crafts Festival, held the second full weekend in August, in Nappanee, IN, celebrates its 44th year in 2006. It features 390 artists and craftsmen in a marketplace surrounding the farm's pond.
Amish episode Many American and Canadian sci-fi/fantasy/horror television series have one episode (and usually only one episode) that centers on the Amish, or another group of religious believers who similarly disdain modern technology (see Luddite). Although the use of the Amish can also occur in medical or technological involved series as there's a clear tension between their values and modern technology.
Amish Friendship Bread Amish Friendship Bread (along with Amish Cinnamon Bread) is the chain letter of the baking world. The idea is very simple: a friend gives you a cup of yeast culture (also known as "starter") and a copy of instructions.
Amish Mennonite The term Amish Mennonite is an alternate name for a church fellowship also known as Beachy Amish. It is more common in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, than in other regions where the Beachy Amish live.
Amish Paradise "Amish Paradise" is "Weird Al" Yankovic's parody of the hip hop song "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio. Found on the album Bad Hair Day, it turns the original "Gangsta's Paradise," in which the narrator laments his dangerous way of life, on its head by presenting an Amish man praising his relatively tedious and unsophisticated existence.
Amish Rake Fight Amish Rake Fight is an electronic solo project from Los Angeles, California by former Machines of Loving Grace (The Machines) keyboardist Mike Fisher. Amish Rake Fight is currently signed to the Chicago based label Positron!
Amish school shooting The Amish school shooting occurred on the morning of Monday, October 2 2006, when a gunman took hostages and eventually killed five girls (aged 7–13) and himself at West Nickel Mines School, a one-room Amish schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, a village in Bart Township of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. Police report that the gunman was Charles Carl Roberts IV, a 32-year-old milk-tank truck driver who lived nearby.
Amistad gambusia The Amistad gambusia (Gambusia amistadensis) was a small fish known only to occur in Goodenough Spring, Val Verde County, Texas, a tributary of the Rio Grande. This species was eliminated in the wild when construction of the Amistad Reservoir in 1968 submerged Goodenough Spring under approximately 70 feet of water.
Amistad National Recreation Area Amistad National Recreation Area includes the area around the Amistad Reservoir at the confluence of the Rio Grande River, the Devils River, and the Pecos River. "Amistad" is Spanish for "friendship," as the Amistad Reservoir is located on the border with Mexico.
Amistad Reservoir Amistad Reservoir is a reservoir on the Rio Grande at its confluence with the Devils River 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Del Rio, Texas, USA. The lake is bounded by Val Verde County on the Texas side of the international border, and the state of Coahuila on the Mexican side of the border.
Amistad/Amitie L' Amitie (French: "Friendship") was a three-masted, frigate of approximately 400 ton displacement in the late 18th century. The majority of records regarding the ship come from its participation in the eviction of the people who were to become the known as Cajuns.
Amit Goswami Amit Goswami is a theoretical nuclear physicist and member of The University of Oregon Institute for Theoretical Physics since 1968, teaching physics for 32 years. After a period of distress and frustration in his private and professional life starting at the age 38, his research interests shifted to quantum cosmology, quantum measurement theory, and applications of quantum mechanics to the mind-body problem.
Amit Sadh Amit Sadh is an Indian television actor. He quit his education after standard 12 to pursue his acting career; his acknowledged "breakthrough" appearance was in the Neena Gupta production Kyun Hota Hai Pyaar; he went on to star in Kohinoor and appears as a contestant on reality show Big Boss.
Amita Kanekar Amita Kanekar is a Mumbai-based writer, whose well-received debut novel A Spoke in the Wheel was published by Harper Collins Publishers, India. Kanekar teaches comparative mythology at the University of Mumbai.
Amitabha Amitābha (Chinese: 阿彌陀佛, Āmítuó Fó; Japanese: 阿弥陀如来, amida nyorai; ) is a celestial buddha described in the scriptures of the Mahāyāna school of Buddhism. According to these scriptures, Amitābha possesses infinite merits resulting from good deeds over countless past lives as a bodhisattva named Dharmakara.
Amitai Etzioni Amitai Etzioni (born Werner Falk on 4 January 1929 in Cologne, Germany) is an Israeli-American sociologist, famous for his work on socioeconomics and communitarianism. He was a founder of the communitarian movement in the early 1990s and established the Communitarian Network to disseminate the movement’s ideas.
Amitava Nandy Amitava Nandy (born 12 March, 1943) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Dum Dum constituency of West Bengal and is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) political party.
Amitriptyline Amitriptyline hydrochloride (sold as Elavil®, Tryptanol®, Endep®, Elatrol®, Tryptizol®, Trepiline®) is a tricyclic antidepressant drug. It is a white, odorless, crystalline compound which is freely soluble in water and usually dispensed in tablet form.
Amity High School Amity High School is a regional high school located in Woodbridge, Connecticut, USA, and organized to provide high school education (grades 9-12) for the children in the three towns of Woodbridge, Orange, and Bethany. The technical name for this regional arrangement within the state of Connecticut is Regional District #5 -- the name Amity is derived from both the colonial history of Woodbridge as well as the "friendship" demonstrated among the three founding towns in arranging for a communal educational program.
Amity International School Amity international Schools are educational institutes located in New Delhi, India and surrounding areas. These schools are affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi and follow the curriculum prescribed by this board.
Amity Point, Queensland Amity Point is a small close knit township located on the north western point of North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia in Redland Shire. The last census recorded a population of only 436 people, a small number for a non-farming community.
Amity, Connecticut The valley of Amity is an area located partly in the town of Woodbridge, Connecticut and partly in the city of New Haven. It is bounded on the northeast by the West Rock ridge, on the south by the Westville neighborhood of New Haven, and on the northwest by an incline in elevation above which lies the highlands of Woodbridge, Connecticut.
Amiya Kumar Bagchi Amiya Kumar Bagchi (born 1936) is a renowned political economist from India. His original contributions to political economy have spanned economic history, the economics of industrialization and de-industrialization, and development studies from an overall Marxist perspective, incorporating insights from other schools of radical political economics, including left Keynesianism.
AmiZilla AmiZilla is an ongoing project which seeks to port the Mozilla Firefox browser - and other Mozilla projects - to AmigaOS and Amiga-compatible operating systems (such as MorphOS and AROS), and to fund efforts for achieving that goal.
Amjad Ali Amjad Ali is a Fijian politician of Indian descent. In the House of Representatives he represented the Nadi Urban Indian Communal Constituency, one of 19 reserved for Indo-Fijians, from 1999 to 2006, having held the seat for the Fiji Labour Party (FLP) in the general elections of 1999 and 2001.
Amjad Farooqi Amjad Farooqi (1972—September 26, 2004) (أمجد فاروقي), known by the alias Amjad Hussain (أمجد حسين), was an Islamic militant. He was born in Punjab, Pakistan, and participated in the fighting against India in Kashmir.
Amjad Mukhtar Chohan Amjad Mukhtar Chohan is a resident of Lahore, Pakistan, and an architect of substantial repute. He has various well built edifices to his name and his distinctive traditional Islamic-architecture-oriented buildings are known all across Pakistan.
Amlodipine Amlodipine (as besylate, mesylate or maleate) is a long-acting calcium channel blocker used as an anti-hypertensive and in the treatment of angina. Amlodipine is marketed as Norvasc® in North America and as Istin® in the United Kingdom as well as under various other names.
Amma Cheppindi Amma Cheppindi(Telugu: అమ్మ చెప్పింది,English: Mother Said So) is a 2006 Tollywood film written and directed by Gangaraju Gunnam. Sharwanand, Shriya Reddy, and Suhasini play important roles with Nagendra Babu with a vital role.
Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi (Telugu: అమ్మ నాన్న ఓ తమిళ అమ్మాయి) is a Tollywood film that released on April 19 2003 and was directed by Puri Jagannadh. Ravi Teja plays the lead role.
Ammadam Ammadam (Ammayude Idam or Aa madom, literally meaning 'the place of mother'), is a picturesque village in the Thrissur district, Kerala where traditional Christians and Hindus reside in an unimaginable peace in the communally turbulant India.
Amman Amman, sometimes spelled Ammann (Arabic عمان ʿAmmān), is the capital city of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, a city of 2,125,400 inhabitants (2005 estimate), and the administrative capital and commercial centre of Jordan. It is the capital city of Amman Governorate.
Amman Baccalaureate School The Amman Baccalaureate School is a coeducational and non-profit private school located in Amman, Jordan. It caters to affluent students aged from 3-18 years-old, and is considered to be one of the best schools in the Middle East.
Amman Governorate Officially known as Muhafazat al-Asima (Arabic محافظة العاصمة, English translation: The Capital Governorate), Amman Governorate is one of the governorates - locally known as muhafazat - in Jordan. This governorate's capital is the City of Amman, which is Jordan's capital as well.
Amman National School The Amman National School (ANS) is a private educational institution located in (Dabouq) Amman, Jordan. It was established in 1985 in an old building and included only Junior Grades, and expanded since then to a new building, all 12 grades plus Kindergarten for pre-education.
Amman New Camp Amman New Camp, locally known as Wihdat (), is the second largest Palestinian refugee camp in Jordan with a population of 49,805 registered refugees 2002. It was previously operated by the UNRWA but is now operated by Department of Palestinian Affairs.
Amman Valley Railway The Amman Valley Railway is a heritage railway project in the Amman Valley, near Llanelli in west Wales. The line that the project is based on is one of a number of lines, some of which carried passengers at one point, but many of which were more or less just colliery branch lines, serving the various collieries of the area between Swansea and Llanelli.
Ammanford Ammanford (Welsh: Rhydaman) is the fourth largest town in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales with a population 5,299 according to the 2001 census. Ammanford town is the main shopping centre for many villages in the surrounding area.
Ammanford Anthracite Strike The Ammanford Anthracite Strike was a riot at Ammanford, Wales in 1925 during a strike by anthracite miners who took control of the town by force and violence for 10 days. 200 Glamorgan police were ambushed by strikers at Pontamman Bridge during the so-called Battle of Ammanford.
Ammanford railway station Ammanford railway station, serves the town of Ammanford, South Wales. The station was opened as Duffryn in 1841 as a temporary terminus of the Llanelly Railway line to Llandeilo and the branch to Crosshands making it one of the earliest railway stations.
Ammar Abadah Nasser al-Wa'eli Ammar Abadah Nasser al-Wa'eli (Arabic: ) (born in 1977 in Yemen) became wanted in 2002, by the United States Department of Justice's FBI, which was then seeking information about his identity and whereabouts. He was identified as a known associate of the Yemen cell leader, Fawaz Yahya al-Rabeei.
Ammar ibn Yasir Ammar bin Yasir ( Arabic عمار بن ياسر) is one of the most famous Sahaba and was among the slaves freed by Abu Bakr. He is venerated by Shi'a Muslims as one of the Four Companions, early Muslims who were followers of Ali ibn Abi Talib.
Ammassalik Ammassalik is one of two municipalities in East Greenland (Tunu), the other one being Illoqqortoormiut (further north). It is in the south of East Greenland, and with an area of 232,100 km², most of it on the ice sheet, it is the largest municipality of East Greenland.
Ammerzoden Ammerzoden () is a village on the northern bank of the Maas river in western Gelderland, a Dutch province. The people of the village have strong connections with the people in the province of Noord-Brabant, especially the nearby city of 's-Hertogenbosch.
Ammi Giddings Ammi Giddings (1822 – February 13, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician from Connecticut, who was twice elected to the Connecticut Senate. He was appointed to the Montana Territorial Supreme Court, but never served.
Ammiel Alcalay Ammiel Alcalay (born 1956) is an American poet, scholar, critic, translator, and prose stylist. Born and raised in Boston, he is a first-generation American, son of Sephardic Jews from São Tomé and Príncipe.
Ammiel Hirsch Ammiel Hirsch is Executive Director of the Association of Reform Zionists of America/World Union for Progressive Judaism, North America. His editorials, essays, and sermons appear in newspapers and magazines around the world.
Ammit In Egyptian mythology, Ammit (also spelt Ammut, Ammet, Amam, Amemet and Ahemait) was the personification of divine retribution for all the wrongs one had committed in life dwelling in the Hall of Ma'at. Ammit was said to live near the scales of justice, in the underworld, Duat, where the hearts of the dead were weighed by Anubis against Ma'at, the principle of truth and justice.
Ammo Baba Emmanuel Baba Dawud (born November 27, 1934), better known as Ammo Baba, is a former Iraqi Assyrian international football player and coach for the Iraq national football team. He scored the first international goal for Iraq in 1957 against Morocco at the 2nd Pan Arab Games in Beirut.
Ammolite Ammolite is a rare and valuable opal-like organic gemstone found primarily along the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains of the United States and Canada. It is made of the fossilized shells of ammonites, which in turn are composed primarily of aragonite, the same mineral that makes up nacreous pearls.
Ammon Ammon or Ammonites (עַמּוֹן "People", Standard Hebrew ʻAmmon, Tiberian Hebrew ʻAmmôn), also referred to in the Bible as the "children of Ammon," were a people living east of the Jordan river who along with the Moabites traced their origin to Lot, the nephew of the patriarch Abraham, and who were regarded as close relatives of the Israelites and Edomites.
Ammon Hennacy Ammon Hennacy (July 24 1893 - January 14 1970) was an American pacifist, Christian anarchist, vegetarian, social activist, member of the Catholic Worker Movement and a Wobbly, and was known for establishing the "Joe Hill House of Hospitality" in Salt Lake City, Utah and never paying taxes.
Ammonia borane Ammonia borane is the chemical compound with the formula H3NBH3. The species is the most fundamental molecular boron-nitrogen compound and has attracted recent attention as a stable storage medium for hydrogen.
Ammonian Sections Ammonian Sections (latin: ammonius quidam), also called Eusebian canons, are a system of dividing the four Gospels, indicated in the margin of nearly all Greek and Latin manuscripts of the Bible. There are about 1165 in number; 355 for Matthew, 235 for Mark, 343 for Luke, and 232 for John; the numbers, however, vary slightly in different manuscripts.
Ammonical nitrogen Ammonical Nitrogen (NH3-N), is a measure for the ammount of ammonia, a toxic pollutant often found in landfill leachate . If the landfill is suitably designed, the leachate can be pumped to the surface and treated before it enters the ground water.
Ammonite Ammonites are an extinct group of marine animals of the subclass Ammonoidea in the class Cephalopoda, phylum Mollusca. They are excellent index fossils, and it is often possible to link the rock layer in which they are found to specific geological time periods.
Ammonite (novel) Nicola Griffith's first novel, Ammonite was published in 1993, with ISBN 0-345-37891-1. It won both the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered) fiction, and the Tiptree Award for science fiction or fantasy that explores or expands our understanding of gender.
Ammonite language The Ammonite language is the extinct Hebrew Canaanite language of the Ammonite people mentioned in the Bible, who used to live in modern-day Jordan, and after whom its capital Amman is named. Only fragments of their language survive - chiefly the 9th century BC Amman Citadel Inscription, the 7th-6th century BC Tell Siran bronze bottle, and a few ostraca.
Ammonite Order The Ammonite Order is an architectural order that features fluted columns and capitals with volutes shaped to resemble fossil ammonites. The style was invented by George Dance and first used on John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery in Pall Mall, London in 1789.
Ammonites (Book of Mormon) The Ammonites were a group of Lamanites from the Book of Mormon who had been converted to the religion of the Nephites by the missionary efforts of Ammon and his brothers. They rejected the traditions of their fathers and embraced the traditions of the Nephites.
Ammonium alum Ammonium alum (NH4Al(SO4)2·12H2O) is a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminium, used in water purification, in vegetable glues, in porcelain cements, in natural deodorants and in tanning, dyeing and in fireproofing textiles.http://www.
Ammonium carbonate Ammonium carbonate. The commercial salt was formerly known as sal volatile or salt of hartshorn and was formerly obtained by the dry distillation of nitrogenous organic matter such as hair, horn, decomposed urine, etc.
Ammonium cerium(IV) nitrate Ammonium cerium(IV) nitrate, more commonly called ceric ammonium nitrate or in lab jargon "CAN", but also ammonium nitratocerate(IV) and ammonium hexanitratocerate(IV), is an oxidising agent widely used in organic synthesis. This orange-red, water-soluble salt has the formula (NH4)2Ce(NO3)6.
Ammonium diuranate Ammonium diuranate or (ADU) ((NH4)2U2O7), is one of the intermediate chemical forms of uranium produced during yellowcake production. The name 'yellowcake' originally given to this bright yellow substance, now applies to mixtures of uranium oxides which are actually hardly ever yellow.
Ammonium hydroxide Ammonium hydroxide, although it doesn't exist as an isolatable chemical compound, is a name sometimes given to an aqueous solution of ammonia. Aqueous solutions of ammonia are also commonly referred to as aqua ammonia.
Ammonium chlorate Ammonium chlorate, NH4ClO3, is obtained by neutralizing chloric acid with either ammonia or ammonium carbonate, or by precipitating barium, strontium or calcium chlorates with ammonium carbonate or ammonium sulfate, producing the respective carbonate or sulfate precipitate and an ammonium chlorate solution. Ammonium chlorate crystallizes in small needles, readily soluble in water.
Ammonium chloride Ammonium chloride or Sal Ammoniac (chemically ammonium chloride (NH4Cl); also nushadir salt, zalmiak, sal armagnac, sal armoniac, salmiakki, salmiak and salt armoniack) is, in its pure form, a clear white water-soluble crystalline salt with a biting, slightly sour taste. The aqueous ammonium chloride solution is mildly acidic.
Ammonium lauryl sulfate Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate (ALS) is the common name for ammonium dodecyl sulfate (CH3(CH2)10CH2OSO3NH4). The dodecyl signifies the presence of a 12-member carbon chain in the molecular backbone which allows the molecule to bond with non-polar portions of molecules while the highly polar sulfate head allows the molecule to bond with polar molecules such as water.
Ammonium nitrate The chemical compound ammonium nitrate, the nitrate of ammonia with the chemical formula NH4NO3, is a white powder at room temperature and standard pressure. It is commonly used in agriculture as a high-nitrogen fertilizer, and it has also been used as an oxidizing agent in explosives, especially improvised explosive devices.
Ammonium tetrathiomolybdate Ammonium tetrathiomolybdate is the chemical compound with the formula (NH4)2MoS4. This bright red ammonium salt is an important reagent in the chemistry of molybdenum and has been used as a building block in bioinorganic chemistry.
Ammonium uranyl carbonate Ammonium uranyl carbonate(UO2CO3·2(NH4)2CO3) is known in the uranium processing industry as AUC and is also called uranyl ammonium carbonate. This compound is important as a component in the conversion process of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) to uranium dioxide (UO2).
Ammonius Hermiae Ammonius Hermiae (5th century AD) was a Greek philosopher, and the son of Hermias, a fellow-pupil of Proclus. He taught at Alexandria, and had among his scholars Asclepius, John Philoponus, Damascius and Simplicius.
Ammonius of Alexandria (Christian) Not to be confused with the Neoplatonist philosopher of the same name, Ammonius of Alexandria was a Christian philosopher who is credited to having created a system of dividing the Gospels, called Ammonian Sections. Eusebius of Caesarea (Church History, vi.
Ammonoosuc River The Ammonoosuc River is a river, 55 mi (89 km) long, in northwestern New Hampshire in the United States.Columbia Gazetteer of North America entryGeographic Names Information System entry It is a tributary of the Connecticut River, which flows to Long Island Sound.
Ammophila breviligulata Ammophila breviligulata (American beachgrass or American marram grass) is a species of grass native to eastern North America and the Great Lakes region. It is a very good example of a xerophyte, being able to thrive on arid to semi-arid beach dunes.
Ammosaurus Ammosaurus (IPA: ; "sand lizard") is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic Period of North America. At 4 meters (13 feet) in length, it was small compared to some other members of its suborder, which included the largest animals ever to walk the Earth.
Ammu Swaminathan Ammu Swaminathan (1894-1978) was an Indian social worker and a prominent political activist during the Indian independence movement. After independence, she served as a member of the Constituent Assembly of India and later, as a member of the Rajya Sabha from Madras State.
Ammunition column An ammunition column consists of military vehicles carrying artillery and small arms ammunition for the combatant unit to which the column belongs. Thus the ammunition columns of a division, forming part of the brigades of field artillery, carry reserve ammunition for the guns, the machine guns of the infantry and the rifles of all arms.
Ammunition dump An ammunition dump, ammunition compound, ammunition depot or ammo dump, is a military storage facility for live ammunition and explosives. The storage of live ammunition and explosives is inherently hazardous.
Ammunition ship An ammunition ship is a warship specially configured to carry ammunition, usually for Navy ships and aircraft. Their cargo handling systems, designed with extreme safety in mind, include ammunition hoists with airlocks between decks, and mechanisms for flooding entire compartments with sea water in case of emergencies.
Ammunition Technical Officer An Ammunition Technical Officer (ATO) is an officer of the British Army involved in all aspects of the army's use of ammunition. This includes; bomb disposal, explosives accident investigation, procurement, in service management, storage and inspection and repair.
Ammunition Technician An Ammunition Technician (AT) is a British Army soldier trained to inspect, repair, test and modify all ammunition and explosives used by the British Army. They are trained to safely dispose of ammunition and explosives, and to render safe Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) by a process called IEDD, and Unexploded Ordnance (UXO).
Amn't Amn't is a nonstandard contraction of "am not" occurring in some dialects of English, mainly Scottish English and Hiberno-English. The contraction is formed in the same way as "aren't" from "are not" and "isn't" from "is not".
Amnesia: Psychic Spelunker Amnesia: Psychic Spelunker is an upcoming adventure game for the Sega Dreamcast that is being designed by Dan Loosen of The GOAT Store. It is being coded by Paul Willarson, who is well known for the DreamScript coding language as well as for the ports of the emulators SNES9x (the Dreamcast port of which is known as Super Famicast), and the continuation of NesterDC (NesterDC SE).
Amnesty Amnesty (from the Greek amnestia, oblivion) is an act of justice by which the supreme power in a state restores those who may have been guilty of any offence against it to the position of innocent persons. It includes more than pardon, in as much as it obliterates all legal remembrance of the offence.
Amnesty Act The Amnesty Act of 1872 was a United States federal law that removed voting restrictions and office-holding disqualification against most of the secessionists who rebelled in the United States Civil War, except for very high positions. The Act effected over 150,000 former Confederate troops who had taken part in the war against the United States.
Amnesty International Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) comprising "a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights". Essentially it compares actual practices of human rights with internationally accepted standards and demands compliance where these have not been respected.
Amnicon Falls State Park Amnicon Falls State Park is an 825 acre Wisconsin state park south of the city of Superior. The chief attractions of the park are a series of waterfalls on the Amnicon River as it flows around a small island, and a historic covered bridge.
Amniocentesis Amniocentesis, or an Amniotic Fluid Test (AFT), is a medical procedure used for prenatal diagnosis, in which a small amount of amniotic fluid is extracted from the amnion around a developing fetus. It is usually offered when there may be an increased risk for genetic conditions in the pregnancy.
Amnion The amnion is a membranous sac which surrounds and protects the embryo. It is developed in reptiles, birds, and mammals, which are hence called “Amniota”; but not in amphibia and fish, which are consequently termed “Anamnia”.
Amnion (Gap Cycle) The Amnion are a fictional alien species in Stephen Donaldson's The Gap Cycle. They are shown to be the only alien race humanity has made contact with, and play a major role in the series from Forbidden Knowledge onwards.
Amniote The amniotes are a taxon of tetrapod vertebrates that include the Synapsida (mammals and mammal-like reptiles) and Sauropsida (reptiles and dinosaurs, including birds). They are defined by embryonic development that includes the formation of several extensive membranes, the amnion, chorion, and allantois.
Amniotic epithelial cells Some stem cells extracted from the placenta are called amniotic epithelial cells. These cells may become useful in fighting diseases and disorders of the nervous system while avoiding the controversy surrounding embryonic stem cells.
Amniotic fluid embolism Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a rare obstetric emergency in which amniotic fluid, foetal cells, hair or other debris enters the mother's blood stream via the placenta and triggers an allergic reaction. This allergic reaction then results in cardiorespiratory (heart and lung) collapse.
Amniotic sac The amniotic sac is a tough but thin transparent pair of membranes, which hold a developing embryo (and later fetus) until shortly before birth. The inner membrane, the amnion, contains the amniotic fluid and the fetus.
Amnisos Amnisos, also Amnissos and Amnisus, is a Bronze Age settlement on the north shore of Crete used as a port to the palace city of Knossos. It appears in Greek literature and mythology from the earliest times, but its origin is far earlier, in prehistory.
Amnon Lord Amnon Lord (born 1952, Kibbutz Ein Dor, Israel) is a journalist with the weekly newspaper, Makor Rishon. His articles and essays about media, film and politics have been published in The Jerusalem Post, Nativ, Azure and Achshav.

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