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Definition: Amniotic Fluid |
Amniotic FluidNoun1. The serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended inside the amnion; "before a woman gives birth her waters break". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | Amniotic cavity fluid which is produced by the amnion and fetal lungs and kidneys. (references) |
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Synonyms: Amniotic FluidSynonyms: amnionic fluid (n), waters (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Amniotic Fluid |
| English words defined with "amniotic fluid": amniocentesis ♦ hydramnios. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "amniotic fluid": alpha-Fetoproteins ♦ Diiodothyronines ♦ Embolism, Amniotic Fluid ♦ Fetal Organ Maturity ♦ Oligohydramnios ♦ Polyhydramnios. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | She is creating an aseptic preparation of an amniotic fluid sample for centrifuging. Credit: CDC. |
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Health | The removal and analysis of a small sample of fetal cells from the amniotic fluid. (references) | |
Amniocentesis is the removal and analysis of a small sample of fetal cells from the amniotic fluid. (references) | ||
In mid-pregnancy the cells in amniotic fluid can be analyzed for genetic abnormalities such as Down syndrome. (references) | ||
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| Language | Translations for "amniotic fluid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | amnionvaeske, amnionsvæske, fostervand, eftervand. (various references) | |
Dutch | amnionwater, amnionvocht, vruchtwater, liquor amnii. (various references) | |
French | liquide amniotique. (various references) | |
German | Amnionwasser, Amnionfluessigkeit, Amnionflüssigkeit, Nachwasser, Liquor amnii, Fruchtwasser. (various references) | |
Greek | αμνιακό υγρό. (various references) | |
Italian | liquido amniotico. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 羊水 (amniotic), 羊水 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ようすい (cistern water, city water, irrigation water, pumping water, water for fire). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | amnioticay uidflay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | líquido amniótico. (various references) | |
Spanish | líquido amniótico. (various references) | |
Swedish | fostervatten (amniotic). (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-f-i-i-i-l-m-n-o-t-u" | |
-2 letters: unidiomatic. | |
-3 letters: coatimundi, latifundio. | |
-4 letters: ciliation, dictional, dominical, fictional, filiation, idiomatic, idiotical, limonitic, miticidal, nautiloid. | |
-5 letters: aconitum, actinium, actinoid, aluminic, amniotic, anticold, audition, comitial, conidial, conidium, daimonic, daltonic, diatomic, diatonic, dilation, dilution, fiducial, fucoidal, fulminic, indicium, inimical, manifold, minutial, mucinoid, mucoidal, multifid, oncidium, talmudic, toluidin. | |
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