amniocentesis

Converse of object

• offer: If these scans give more cause for concern you may be given counseling and be offered an amniocentesis.
• have: She had gone back to the doctor and had an amniocentesis done.
• do: They asked my permission to do an amniocentesis to check for fetal lung maturity.
• use: Millions of parents have already used amniocentesis and sonograms to diagnose Down's syndrome or cystic fibrosis.
• undergo: It also means that older mothers can be given a low risk for Down syndrome without having to undergo an amniocentesis.
• follow: One death followed amniocentesis; a few followed miscarriage or termination.

Modifies a noun

• test: The amniocentesis test will show whether the baby has normal chromosomes or is affected.
• result: Amniocentesis results take two ( worrying ) weeks to return.
• procedure: Between 1 in every 100 and 1 in every 200 amniocentesis procedures will cause a miscarriage, usually within three weeks of the procedure.
• miscarriage: This causes a huge amount of emotional distress, not least because chorion villus sampling or amniocentesis causes miscarriage in 1-2 % of pregnancies.