removal of some amniotic fluid by the insertion into the womb of a hollow needle, for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes
Word origin
C20: from amnion + centesis, from Greek kentēsis a puncture, from kentein to prick
Examples of 'amniocenteses' in a sentence
amniocenteses
We studied amniocenteses for chromosomal analysis between 2002 and 2004.
Sadettin Güngör, İskender Başer, Ali Ergün 2006, 'Mid-trimester Genetic Amniocentesis: GATA Experience', Gormhttp://gorm.com.tr/index.php/GORM/article/view/553. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
No case was diagnosed prenatally, despite 9 amniocenteses, including 4 for polyhydramnios.
Céline Bar, Gwenaelle Diene, Catherine Molinas, Eric Bieth, Charlotte Casper, MaithéTauber 2017, 'Early diagnosis and care is achieved but should be improved in infants with Prader-Willisyndrome', Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseaseshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13023-017-0673-6. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)