amniocentesis
noun [U or S] /ˌæm.ni.əʊ.senˈtiː.sɪs/
/-oʊ-/ Definition
› a medical test in which a needle is used to remove a small amount of the liquid that surrounds a baby in the mother's womb in order to examine the baby's conditionPregnancyBirth
(Definition of amniocentesis noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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