amnio
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of amnio
First recorded in 1985–90; by shortening
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Yet when her mother was pregnant with her, the doctors told her to expect a son, because the amnio test showed the presence of XY chromosomes.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2023
Finally, different patients perceive risk, benefit, and necessity in different ways, which means some women that the medical community labels “low-risk” would pursue an amnio, while some “high-risk” women would not.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2020
I could have gotten an amnio, which at the very least would have told me if my unborn child has any chromosomal deletions or additions.
From Salon ● May 7, 2013
The young couple looked at me expectantly as I re-read the amnio report and tried to decide what to tell them.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 5, 2012
I had had an amnio with Kailyn, but the geneticist didn’t pick up anything.
From Time ● Oct. 28, 2012
She had two first cousins with Down syndrome, so after a few failed amnios, my mother knew exactly what she didn’t know about me.
From Slate ● Jun. 28, 2013
The amnios is the inner skin which compasseth the child in the womb.
This skin and that called the amnios, involve the child round, both above and underneath, and on both sides, which the alantois does not.
The same explanation of structure applies to the seeds of Piperaceae and Saururus; and other instances occur of the persistence either of the membrane or of the substance of the amnios in the ripe seed.
From Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 by King, Phillip Parker
But in a few plants an additional coat, apparently originating in the inner membrane of Grew, the vesicula colliquamenti or amnios of Malpighi also exists.
From Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 by King, Phillip Parker
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