Amniocentesis is a procedure whereby a sample of fluid is removed from the amniotic sac for analysis. The amniotic sac is in the uterine cavity. The amniotic sac is the fluid-filled structure inside a pregnant woman's uterus within which the baby lives. Fetal cells, proteins, and fetal urine freely move within this sac.mniocentesis is a procedure whereby a sample of fluid is removed from the amniotic sac for analysis. The amniotic sac is in the uterine cavity. The amniotic sac is the fluid-filled structure inside a pregnant woman's uterus within which the baby lives. Fetal cells, proteins, and fetal urine freely move within this sac.
1. a person or thing that qualifies. 2. a word, as an adverb or adjective, that qualifies or limits the meaning of another; modifier. [1555â65] modifier, qualifier - A word or phrase that limits or qualifies the sense of another is a modifier or qualifier.
1. something that enters as an element into a mixture: the ingredients of a cake. 2. a constituent element of anything: the ingredients of political success. [1425â75; late Middle English < Latin ingredÄ« to go or step into, commence =in- in-2 + gradÄ« to go, step] syn: See element.