hydramnios Path.
(haɪˈdræmnɪəs)
Also hydramnion.
[f. hydr- + amnios, amnion.]
Excessive accumulation of amniotic fluid during pregnancy.
| 1838 F. Churchill Outl. Princ. Dis. Females 145 ‘Hydramnios’, or excess of liquor amnii.., is said to result from a general serous diathesis. 1885 W. T. Lusk Sci. & Art Midwifery (ed. 3) xv. 288 The causes of hydramnion are hardly to be found in a single morbid condition. 1961 Lancet 30 Sept. 742/2 She came into hospital three times during her eighth pregnancy with..mild hydramnios. |