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Aid to a certain diagnosis -- inaction seems out of order (13)

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I believe the answer is:

amniocentesis

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'aid to a certain diagnosis' is the definition.
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'inaction seems out of order' is the wordplay.
'out of order' indicates an anagram.
'inaction'+'seems'='inactionseems'
'inactionseems' is an anagram of 'AMNIOCENTESIS'.

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(Other definitions for amniocentesis that I've seen before include "Technique for screening unborn children" , "test" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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