Associations to the word «Amniocentesis»
Noun
- Uterus
- Fetus
- Sampling
- Ultrasound
- Pregnancy
- Abdomen
- Abnormality
- Needle
- Fluid
- Diagnosis
- Tay
- Testing
- Screening
- Procedure
- Amnesia
- Sac
- Syndrome
- Counseling
- Defect
- Chromosome
- Anemia
- Baby
- Abortion
- Biopsy
- Ammonia
- Womb
- Anesthesia
- Hydroxide
- Sachs
- Serum
- Sickle
- Acorn
- Retardation
- Fertilization
- Gale
- Detecting
- Disorder
- Mutation
- Alpha
- Accelerator
- Risk
- Test
- Anomaly
- Ames
- Deficiency
- Absolute
- Complication
- Addison
- Sample
- Addiction
- Dna
- Antibiotic
- Marker
- Diabetes
- Marrow
- Insertion
- Ada
- Cell
- Draw
- Chat
- Mal
- Birth
- Insert
- Chronology
- Acceleration
- Om
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
AMNIOCENTESIS, noun. (medicine) A procedure for obtaining amniotic fluid from a pregnant animal, by inserting a hollow needle through the abdominal wall and into the amniotic sac. Used in diagnosing possible genetic defects and/or obstetric complications.
Dictionary definition
AMNIOCENTESIS, noun. (pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities.
Wise words
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