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anhydramnios

anhydramnios noun: the complete lack of amniotic fluid during pregnancy, due to fetal anomaly-associated anuria.

Noun

anhydramnios (uncountable)

  1. The complete lack of amniotic fluid during pregnancy, due to fetal anomaly-associated anuria.
    • Malpresentations and anhydramnios have deliberately not been mentioned as causes of delay in the dilatation of the external os, because malpresentations should not be permitted to persist and anhydramnios should be recognized long ...1929, Medical Journal of Australia
    • Repeated instillation of fluid into the amniotic cavity may be considered, to prevent hypoplasia of the lungs resulting from anhydramnios.2003, Michael Entezami, Matthias Albig, Ursula Knoll, Adam Gasiorek-Wiens, Rolf Becker, Ultrasound Diagnosis of Fetal Anomalies, Thieme

Examples of anhydramnios in a sentence

  • In the unilateral form liquor volume is usually normal, but oligohydramnios or anhydramnios is likely to be present with bilateral MCDK.2009, John G. Gearhart, Richard C. Rink, Pierre D. E. Mouriquand, Pediatric Urology, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 36:
  • This is often associated with anhydramnios rather than oligohydramnios.2011, Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Lesley Regan, Aris Papageorghiou, David Farquharson, Ash Monga, Oxford Desk Reference: Obstetrics and...

Forms of anhydramnios

alternative formanhydramnion
alternative formahydramnios

Questions about anhydramnios

What does anhydramnios mean?
Anhydramnios means the complete lack of amniotic fluid during pregnancy, due to fetal anomaly-associated anuria.
How do you use anhydramnios in a sentence?
In the unilateral form liquor volume is usually normal, but oligohydramnios or anhydramnios is likely to be present with bilateral MCDK.
What part of speech is anhydramnios?
Anhydramnios is a noun.

Words near anhydramnios in the dictionary

  1. anhungry
  2. Anhur
  3. Anhwei
  4. anhyd.
  5. anhydramnion
  6. anhydramnios
  7. anhydrase
  8. anhydrases
  9. anhydrate
  10. anhydrates
  11. anhydration

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