a medical test that involves taking some liquid from a pregnant woman’s womb in order to find out if the baby has particular illnesses or health problems 羊膜腔穿刺術(經孕婦腹壁吸出液體檢查胎兒健康狀況) Pregnant women over the age of 35 will be offered (an) amniocentesis. 35歲以上的孕婦將接受羊膜穿刺術。
Word Origin1950s: from amnion(mid 17th cent.: from Greek, ‘caul’, diminutive of amnos ‘lamb’) + Greek kentēsis ‘pricking’ (from kentein ‘to prick’).