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What is an amniotic fluid?

What is an amniotic fluid? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (zoology) In placental mammals, a fluid contained within the amnion membrane that surrounds a developing embryo or fetus.
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After the neighbor's mare foaled amid a flood of amniotic fluid, the estrogen left her urine and Timothy's flame trees died.
This means the membranes holding the amniotic sac, which contains your baby and the amniotic fluid, have started to leak.
At the time of delivery, maternal blood, cord blood, and amniotic fluid were collected for analyses, as described later.
Rather than amniotic fluid contributing to soft skin, according to Kelly, babies in the womb are protected by vernix.
One of the things your health care provider monitors is the size of your abdomen and the amount of amniotic fluid in your womb.
Researchers believe that simulated amniotic fluid, which contains enteric growth factors, promotes villous development.

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