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Definition: Amniocentesis |
AmniocentesisNoun1. Extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Percutaneous transabdominal puncture of the uterus during pregnancy to obtain amniotic fluid. It is commonly used for fetal karyotype determination in order to diagnose abnormal fetal conditions. (references) |
Medicine | Transabdominal aspiration of fluid from the amniotic sac, i. e. the sac around the fetus. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Crosswords: Amniocentesis |
| English words defined with "amniocentesis": erythroblastosis fetalis ♦ rachischisis ♦ schistorrhachis, sex chromatin, spina bifida. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "amniocentesis": Chorionic Villi Sampling. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Many women over the age of 35 have amniocentesis for just this reason. (references) | |
Most accurate method used to confirm the results of CVS or amniocentesis. (references) | ||
Amniocentesis can be performed in an obstetrician's office or on an outpatient basis in a hospital. (references) | ||
Children | India | Although the law prohibits the use of amniocentesis and sonogram tests for sex determination, the Government does not enforce the law. (references) |
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| "Amniocentesis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Amniocentesis" is used about 52 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 52 | 47,145 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "amniocentesis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | فحص المياه الجارية. (various references) | |
Chinese | 羊膜穿刺术. (various references) | |
Danish | amniocentese, fostervandsundersøgelse. (various references) | |
Dutch | amniocentesis, amniocentese, vruchtwaterpunctie. (various references) | |
French | amniocentèse. (various references) | |
German | Amniozentese, amniokentese. (various references) | |
Greek | αμνιοκέντηση. (various references) | |
Hebrew | ב"יקת מי שפיר. (various references) | |
Hungarian | magzatvíz mintavétel. (various references) | |
Italian | amniocentesi. (various references) | |
Korean | 양수천자. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | amniocentesisay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | amniocentese. (various references) | |
Russian | аминоцентез. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | amniocenteza. (various references) | |
Spanish | amniocéntesis. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Amniocentesis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ammiocentesis, amneocenteses, amneocentesis, amniocenteisis, amniocenthesis, amniocentic, amniocentisis, amnioentesis, amnioscentesis, amniosentesis, amniosintesis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "amniocentesis" (pronounced a'mnēōse'ntē"sus) |
| 4 | -ē" s u s | psychokinesis, rhesus, thesis. |
| 3 | -s u s | acidosis, analysis, antithesis, apotheosis, archdiocese, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, axis, catharsis, census, cirrhosis, colossus, consensus, crisis, diagnosis, dialysis, diocese, electrolysis, fibrosis, Genesis, geotaxis, glacis, heterosis, homeostasis, hydrolysis, hypnosis, hypothesis, meiosis, metamorphosis, misdiagnosis, morphogenesis, Narcissus, necrosis, nemesis, nephrosis, neurofibromatosis, neurosis, nexus, organogenesis, photosynthesis, phototaxis, plexus, preadolescence, proboscis, prognosis, prosthesis, psoriasis, psychoanalysis, psychosis, sclerosis, symbiosis, synopsis, synthesis, Tarsus, telexes, Texas, thrombosis, tuberculosis, urinalysis, versus. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-i-m-n-n-o-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: sanctimonies. | |
-2 letters: inseminates. | |
-3 letters: antimonies, antinomies, centesimos, encomiasts, inseminate, insistence, insomniacs, instancies, omniscient, semeiotics. | |
-4 letters: actinisms, amenities, amnesties, antinoise, antinomic, antisense, ascension, canoeists, canonises, canonists, casements, centesimi, centesimo, cessation, cineastes, coinmates, einsteins, encomiast, inactions, incessant, insensate, insomniac, insomnias, instances, iotacisms, meatiness, messianic, mestinoes, misatones, monastics, monetises, mosaicist, nescients, nicotines, nominates, notecases, onanistic, sanctions, scientism. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-i-i-m-n-n-o-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: miscegenations. | |
+4 letters: communicativeness. | |
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