amniocentesis

1. 1.

   (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

   Synonymsamnio

   Broadercentesisprenatal diagnosis

   pregnancy

Other forms of amniocentesis

plural

amniocenteses

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about amniocentesis

What does amniocentesis mean?

amniocentesis means "(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".

How many syllables are in amniocentesis?

amniocentesis has 6 syllables: am-ni-o-cen-te-sis. The stress falls on "te". In IPA it is /ˌæmnioʊˌsɛnˈtisɪs/.

What is another word for amniocentesis?

Close synonyms include amnio. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is amniocentesis a common word?

amniocentesis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.