different between amniocentesis vs cordocentesis

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.

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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 cordo +? -centesis.

Noun

cordocentesis (countable and uncountable, plural cordocenteses)

1. (surgery, uncountable) The removal of blood from an umbilical cord in utero for testing.
2. (surgery, countable) One instance of that procedure.

Synonyms

• FBS, fetal blood sampling
• funipuncture
• PUBS

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