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amniocentesis (n.)
1958, Modern Latin, from
amnion
(see
amniotic
) +
centesis
"surgical puncture," from Greek
kentesis
"a pricking," from
kentein
"to prick," related to
kontos
"pole" (see
center
(n.)).
