How to Use amniocentesis in a Sentence

amniocentesis

noun
  • On the way to the amniocentesis, Julia and her husband chose a name.
    — Anna Clark, ProPublica, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Since then, the use of very invasive needle-to-the-womb amniocentesis testing has dropped.
    — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 5 July 2020
  • The site is the 23andMe of flicks, reviews at the zygotic level, film criticism by amniocentesis.
    — Scott Brown, WIRED, 12 Nov. 2009
  • Logan’s only daughter is 20 weeks pregnant, and her amniocentesis test has revealed a perfectly healthy baby.
    — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 17 Apr. 2023
  • With amniocentesis, a needle is inserted through the abdomen into the uterus to sample amniotic fluid.
    — Alex Hazlett, Parents, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Many centers rely on amniocentesis, which is not offered before the 15th week of pregnancy because the risks of complications are too high.
    — Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2022
  • One allows doctors to do prenatal genetic screening with a simple blood draw, without a risky amniocentesis procedure.
    — Paul R. Michel and Matthew J. Dowd, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2020
  • During amniocentesis, a needle is inserted and some of the amniotic fluid surrounding the baby is withdrawn and tested for the virus.
    — Donald G. McNeil Jr., New York Times, 19 Jan. 2016
  • That result spurred me to have an amniocentesis, which extracted fetal DNA via a long, thin needle inserted into my womb.
    — Bonnie Rochman, Time, 31 July 2017
  • Terry Jo, who worked as a midwife, had suffered two miscarriages after the birth of her daughters, but the results of her amniocentesis and chromosome testing had come back normal.
    — Shelley Levitt, Woman's Day, 4 Dec. 2018
  • After an ultrasound and a blood test showed positive markers for trisomy 21, her doctor pushed for amniocentesis, which tests amniotic fluid.
    — Asher Fogle, Good Housekeeping, 11 Feb. 2017
  • The movie runs the spectrum of the invasive processes women are put through, with up close looks at blood collecting, tissue harvesting, miscarriage, and one too many amniocentesis procedures.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Despite the need to have a long needle inserted into the uterus, many expectant mothers gratefully embraced amniocentesis, the now familiar genetic test.
    — Amy Barth, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2011
  • The pregnancies of carrier couples could be monitored by amniocentesis and terminated if the fetus was affected.
    — Jeff Wheelwright, Discover Magazine, 20 May 2012
  • Such tests are rapidly replacing older, more invasive procedures, such as chorionic villus sampling and amniocentesis.
    — Adrian Erlebacher, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2017
  • The procedure, whose full name is amniocentesis, involves taking a sample of a pregnant woman’s amniotic fluid to diagnose genetic disorders.
    — Sam Corbin, New York Times, 11 June 2023
  • Down syndrome can be detected in fetuses through blood tests and amniocentesis, a test that samples amniotic fluid in the uterus to detect developmental abnormalities.
    — Gillian McGoldrick, Philly.com, 13 June 2018
  • Two months later, the couple filmed themselves receiving the results of an amniocentesis, which tests for genetic abnormalities and chromosomal conditions.
    — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026
  • The invasive testing for Down often includes amniocentesis—drawing amniotic fluid for testing.
    — Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2011
  • For half a century, women have relied on invasive and risky tests like amniocentesis, which collects DNA from the womb, to learn whether their unborn child had genetic abnormalities.
    — Amy Barth, Discover Magazine, 5 Jan. 2012
  • This unfortunate term is thought to stem from a concept that dates back to the 1970s, when amniocentesis, a procedure to screen for genetic abnormalities, was becoming routine.
    — Rachel E. Gross, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2023
  • These might include chorionic villus sampling (CVS) or amniocentesis, which screen the baby for congenital disorders.
    — Tricia O'Brien, Parents, 11 July 2023
  • Both amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling (another invasive procedure that collects placental cells from within the womb) carry a 1 percent risk of miscarriage.
    — Amy Barth, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2011
  • That can include amniocentesis, which tests your amniotic fluid; an autopsy of the baby; genetic testing of the baby; and testing for infections on the baby or placenta, the March of Dimes says.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Diagnostic tests, such as amniocentesis and CVS, offer the most definitive and comprehensive information about the health of the fetus.
    — Adriana Gallardo, ProPublica, 17 Dec. 2022
  • But follow-up diagnostic tests, like amniocentesis and CVS, are generally done between the 15th and 20th week of pregnancy.
    — ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Greves said 90% of his patients who come to him because of a fetal abnormality are more than 15 weeks pregnant, mostly because amniocentesis, ultrasounds and blood tests that reveal that type of information are done later in gestation.
    — Caroline Catherman, sun-sentinel.com, 27 Feb. 2022
  • To be clear, only invasive tests like amniocentesis that analyze DNA taken directly from fetal cells can confirm a prenatal genetic diagnosis.
    — Daniel Navon, Scientific American, 5 May 2022
  • The next round of tests, including an amniocentesis and echocardiogram, confirmed the severity of their baby's case of HLHS and an additional complication of aortic atresia.
    — Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, Peoplemag, 11 Nov. 2022
  • That's because ultrasounds don’t usually give a clear picture of abnormalities until around 18 to 20 weeks, and patients must wait until nearly halfway into pregnancy to get tests like an amniocentesis to diagnose genetic disorders.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 11 May 2022

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