Meanings
adjectivechorioamniotic (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to, or connecting the chorion and the amnion (or their membranes)
The procedure is performed during a vaginal examination, by separating the chorioamniotic membrane from the lower uterine segment by a circular movement of the finger.
2016 January 1, “Antepartum Membrane Stripping in GBS Carriers, Is It Safe? (The STRIP-G Study)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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