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amniotomy

amniotomy noun: an artificial rupture of membranes to induce or accelerate labour.

Noun

amniotomy (countable and uncountable, plural amniotomies)

  1. An artificial rupture of membranes to induce or accelerate labour.
    • The procedure, sometimes called amniotomy, involves rupturing the amniotic membranes to speed contractions.2007 October 30, Nicholas Bakalar, “Childbirth: Purposely Breaking Water Does Not Speed Delivery”, in New York Times

amniotomy meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Indonesian

amniotomy in Tamil

பனிக்குடக் கீறல், பனிக்குடவகுடல்

amniotomy in Kannada

ಒಳಕಂದುಪೊರೆಕೊಯ್ಸೀಳಿಕೆ

amniotomy in Indonesian

artificial rupturing of the amnion
amniotomi

Forms of amniotomy

pluralamniotomies

Origin of amniotomy

From amnio- + -tomy.

Questions about amniotomy

What does amniotomy mean?
Amniotomy means an artificial rupture of membranes to induce or accelerate labour.
What is amniotomy in Tamil?
Amniotomy in Tamil is பனிக்குடக் கீறல், பனிக்குடவகுடல். See Amniotomy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is amniotomy?
Amniotomy is a noun.
What is the plural of amniotomy?
The plural of amniotomy is amniotomies.

Words near amniotomy in the dictionary

  1. amniotic sac
  2. amniotic sacs
  3. amniotically
  4. amniotitis
  5. amniotomies
  6. amniotomy
  7. Amnok
  8. Amnok-gang
  9. AMO
  10. Amo.
  11. Amoah

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Adapted from Wiktionary: amniotomy (page history and authors); amniotomy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amniotomy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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