different between amniocentesis vs ultrasound

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

ultra- +? sound

Noun

ultrasound (countable and uncountable, plural ultrasounds)

1. (physics) Sound with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing, which is approximately 20 kilohertz.
2. (medicine) The use of ultrasonic waves for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.

Antonyms

• (physics): infrasound

Related terms

• ultrasonic, ultrasonics

Translations

Verb

ultrasound (third-person singular simple present ultrasounds, present participle ultrasounding, simple past and past participle ultrasounded)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To treat with ultrasound.

Hyponyms

• ultrasonicate

Anagrams

• undulators