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What is the noun for amnio?

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amniocentesis
  1. (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.
  2. Examples:
    1. “My husband and I stated that we would not undergo an amniocentesis and were given a highly sophisticated ultrasound instead.”
      “Prenatal tests including amniocentesis and ultrasound may help to determine whether the fetus is infected.”
      “Prenatal tests called amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling can diagnose Tay-Sachs before birth.”
amnio
  1. amniocentesis
  2. Examples:
    1. “We also decided not to tell anybody else until the results of the amnio came in.”
      “Monday I go in for an amnio to make sure our baby doesn't have Downs Syndrome or some other chromosome disorder.”
      “Look, Doctor, Kathy is going to get her amnio in a few weeks, we'll see what happens then.”
amniocenteses
  1. plural of amniocentesis
  2. Examples:
    1. “An alternative method of viewing this is that 1 in 57 amniocenteses resulted in a diagnosis of Down's syndrome.”
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