amnio

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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 (noun.act)

hypernym	:	prenatal diagnosis,
definition	:	any of the diagnostic procedures used to determine whether a fetus has a genetic abnormality (noun.act)

hypernym	:	centesis,
definition	:	(surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid (noun.act)

domain category	:	gestation, maternity, pregnancy,
definition	:	the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus (noun.state)

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