amniocentesis
Amniocentesis can refer to (pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities.
Length
13
Scrabble
17
WWF
21
Starts
AM
Ends
SIS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “AMNIOCENTESIS” Mean?
/ˌamnɪə(ʊ)sɛnˈtiːsɪs/
amniocentesis has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 sense(pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities
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Scrabble Score
17
Letters
13
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
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Definition
(pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities
Length
13 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
S
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Letters
A, M, N, I, O, C, E, N, T, E, S, I, S
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★★★★★AMNIOCENTESIS has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
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★★☆☆☆AMNIOCENTESIS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
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★★★☆☆AMNIOCENTESIS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 13-letter structure.
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
4
Highest Value Letter
M
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGCHGIDI
CV Pattern
VCCVVCVCCVCVC
Vowel Share
46%
Consonant Share
54%
Bigrams
AM, MN, NI, IO, OC, CE, EN, NT, TE, ES, SI, IS
Trigrams
AMN, MNI, NIO, IOC, OCE, CEN, ENT, NTE, TES, ESI, SIS
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