~ AMNIOCENTESIS  med> PUNCTURE OF THE AMNIOTIC CAVITY
                      gr> KENTESIS = TAP  
                                     PERFORATE  
                                     PRICK
~ AMNIOCELE  or OMPHALOCELE     see> OMPHALE
             myth> OMPHALON was the 
                   NAVEL or CENTER OF THE WORLD
     gr OMPHALOS = UMBILICAL implies ROUND
     see> APOLLO
     med> ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT AT
          THE UMBILICAL POINT      sug> NAVEL  
     WITH PROTRUSION OF            see> OMPHALE
     ABDOMINAL CONTENTS or         sug> ABDUCT
     EVENTRATION                   sug> VENTOSE
     COVERED BY A MEMBRANE or      sug> FILM
     PERITONEUM or  AMNION         
          sug> CAELE  
~ AMNION  id+ | TO GATHER or KEEP TOGETHER | 
          biol> note AMOEBA             sug> FLOCK
     AMONION IS THE INNER MOST MEMBRANE ENVELOPING
     THE MAMMALIAN FETUS    
     med> in gr MEMBRANE ENVELOPING THE FETUS
          also A BOWL or OTHER ENVELOPING OBJECT
     AMNION IS THE INNER PLACENTAL MEMBRANE AND IS
          CLOSEST TO THE FETUS
~ AMNIOS  gr AMNEIOS  = SACRIFICIAL VESSEL FOR BLOOD
             AMNOS      LAMB  SHEEP
  med> AMNIOCENTESIS or TAPPING THE AMNIOTIC CAVITY TO
       OBTAIN AMNIOTIC FLUID AND CELLS IS MOST OFTEN USED
  FOR PRENATAL TESTS INCLUDING CULTURES OF AMNIOTIC CELLS
  TO BE USED FOR CHROMOSOME AND BIOCHEMICAL ASSAYS
  note FETAL CHROMOSOMES CAN BE ANALYZED IN AMNIOTIC CELLS
       FOR THE PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS OF DOWN SYNDROME 
  AND OTHER CHROMOSOMAL ALTERATIONS IN THE UNBORN   

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