cordocentesis

English

Etymology

From cord +‎ -o- +‎ -centesis.

Noun

cordocentesis (countable and uncountable, plural cordocenteses)

  1. (surgery) The removal of blood from an umbilical cord in utero for testing.

Synonyms

Translations

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.