Amnio
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
in medicine, the extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman - generally after the 15th week of pregnancy - to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities
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Entity Type
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unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- amniocentesisamnion
- alternatephrasing
- Amnios
- plural
- Amnios
- possessive
- Amnio's
- pluralpossessive
- Amnios'