different between amniocentesis vs amnion

English

Etymology

From amnio(n) +? -centesis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?amn??(?)s?n?ti?s?s/

Noun

amniocentesis (plural amniocenteses)

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.
   • 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 287:

     In most countries amniocentesis is now offered to – perhaps even imposed on – all older mothers, to check whether the foetus carries an extra chromosome.

Translations

Spanish

Noun

amniocentesis f (plural amniocentesis)

1. (medicine) amniocentesis

Further reading

• “amniocentesis” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Latin amnion (“membrane around a fetus”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (amníon, “bowl in which the blood of victims was caught”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æm.n?.?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æm.n?.??n/

Noun

amnion (plural amnions or amnia)

1. (anatomy) The innermost membrane of the fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.

Derived terms

• amniocentesis
• amnionic
• amniote
• amniotic
• subamnion

Translations

Anagrams

• I'm 'onna, Manion, Minoan, moanin', nomina, on main

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin amnion (“membrane around a fetus”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (amníon, “bowl in which the blood of victims was caught”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m.ni.?n/
• Hyphenation: am?ni?on

Noun

amnion m (uncountable)

1. amnion

   Synonym: schaapsvlies

Esperanto

Noun

amnion

1. accusative singular of amnio