hydramnion

plural hydramnions

1. countabledateduncountablemedicinePolyhydramnios.

   Among the diseases of the decidua and fetal membranes, the only condition which creates a moral problem is that of hydramnion.

   1946, Charles Joseph McFadden, Medical Ethics for Nurses

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   In his case of hydramnion it was situated in the upper ovum in a twin pregnancy. He tapped the upper sac by simple puncture, without making an incision through the parietes.

   1908, British Medical Journal

   The cause of hydramnion in this case being due to a twisted cord, the procedure could not be expected to offer more than temporary relief.

   1933, The New England Journal of Medicine

   It has long been known that hydramnion during pregnancy is relatively often associated with congenital atresia of the digestive tract.

   1962, August Pierre Marie Rutten, Oesophageal Atresia: a critical study of the literature and report on sixteen cases

   No differences in the appearance and volume of the amniotic fluid were detected, particularly in normally volumed cases, moderate hydramnion or even moderate oligoamnion.

   2005, Jose Bajo, Asim Kurjak, Donald School Textbook of Transvaginal Sonography, CRC Press, →ISBN