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
Broader: diagnostic procedure: a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis | Unrelated: spot market: a market in which a commodity is bought or sold for immediate delivery or delivery in the very near future
Broader: diagnostic procedure: a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis | Unrelated: conservation: (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations
Broader: diagnostic procedure: a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis | Unrelated: 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
Broader: diagnostic procedure: a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis | Unrelated: exasperation: actions that cause great irritation (or even anger)
Broader: diagnostic procedure: a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis | Unrelated: cock of the rock: bird of the Andes similar to Rupicola rupicola
Broader: diagnostic procedure: a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis | Unrelated: epicranium: the muscle and aponeurosis and skin covering the cranium
Broader: diagnostic procedure: a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis | Unrelated: conidium: an asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore
Broader: diagnostic procedure: a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis | Unrelated: dislodgment: forced removal from a position of advantage
Broader: diagnostic procedure: a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis | Unrelated: sheet: any broad thin expanse or surface
Broader: diagnostic procedure: a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis | Unrelated: flash flood: a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration