waters

waters
Colloquialism for amnionic fluid.
- bag of w. bag of w..
- false w. a leakage of fluid prior to or in beginning labor, before the rupture of the amnion.

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wa·ters (wawґtərz) popular name for amniotic fluid.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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