You can mark you interesting snippets of text that will be available through a unique link in your browser.

Amniocentesis

Translation
Amniocentesis
Procedure used in prenatal diagnosis to obtain amniotic fluid which can be used for genetic and other diagnostic tests. Informally called
* * *
Transabdominal aspiration of fluid from the amniotic sac. [amnio- + G. kentesis, puncture]

Medical dictionary. 2011.

  
Share  

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Amniocentesis — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda La amniocentesis es una prueba prenatal común en la cual se extrae una pequeña muestra del líquido amniótico que rodea al feto para analizarla. Contenido 1 Características 2 Amniocentesis y Células madre …   Wikipedia Español

  • Amniocentesis — (also referred to as amniotic fluid test or AFT), is a medical procedure used in prenatal diagnosis of genetic abnormalities and fetal infections cite web|url=http://www.health.harvard.edu/diagnostic tests/amniosentesis.htm|title=Diagnostic Tests …   Wikipedia

  • amniocentesis — Punción de la membrana que rodea al feto para obtener líquido amniótico [PQ: 75.1]. En ocasiones se practica una amniocentesis con inyección intraamniotica de suero salico [PQ: 75.0] imagen clínica [véase… …   Diccionario médico

  • amniocentesis — amniocentesis. См. амниоцентез. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • amniocentesis — /am nee oh sen tee sis/, n., pl. amniocenteses / seez/. a surgical procedure for obtaining a sample of amniotic fluid from the amniotic sac in the uterus of a pregnant woman by inserting a hollow needle through the abdominal wall, used in… …   Universalium

  • amniocentesis — аминоцентез …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

  • amniocentesis — noun (plural amniocenteses) Etymology: New Latin, from amnion + centesis puncture, from Greek kentesis, from kentein to prick more at center Date: 1957 the surgical insertion of a hollow needle through the abdominal wall and into the uterus to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • amniocentesis — Sampling of the fluid in the amniotic sac. In humans this is carried out, between the 12th and 16th week of pregnancy, by inserting a needle through the abdominal wall into the uterus. By karyotyping the cells and determining the proteins present …   Dictionary of molecular biology

  • amniocentesis — noun /æm niː oʊ sɪn tiː sɪs/ 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… …   Wiktionary

  • amniocentesis — амниоцентез Пункция полости амниона для взятия на диагностику амниотической (полостной) жидкости; метод А. как одна из основных процедур пренатальной диагностики позволяет (после культивирования содержащихся в пробе клеток) идентифицировать… …   Англо-русский толковый словарь генетических терминов