amnio

noun

am·nio ˈam-nē-ō

plural amnios

: amniocentesis

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Guests in line get a look at the ride's high-tech research lab to see an avatar in its growth state inside an amnio tank. — Sara Stewart, CNN, 26 May 2017 More than halfway through her pregnancy, the amnio results arrived. — Anna Clark, ProPublica, 6 Dec. 2022 But many declined to get an amnio, even after a prenatal screening suggested their baby might have Down syndrome. — Michelle Sie Whitten, STAT, 25 June 2026

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1983, in the meaning defined above

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amnio

noun

am·nio

ˈam-nē-ō

: amniocentesis

amnio

noun

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