Term: amniocentesis: (pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities
Candidate hypernym: diagnostic procedure: a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis → 1
Candidate hypernym: spot market: a market in which a commodity is bought or sold for immediate delivery or delivery in the very near future → 0
Candidate hypernym: conservation: (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations → 0
Candidate hypernym: protoctista: in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals → 0
Candidate hypernym: exasperation: actions that cause great irritation (or even anger) → 0
Candidate hypernym: cock of the rock: bird of the Andes similar to Rupicola rupicola → 0
Candidate hypernym: epicranium: the muscle and aponeurosis and skin covering the cranium → 0
Candidate hypernym: conidium: an asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore → 0
Candidate hypernym: dislodgment: forced removal from a position of advantage → 0
Candidate hypernym: sheet: any broad thin expanse or surface → 0
Candidate hypernym: flash flood: a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration → 0