Search Result for "chorionic villus sampling":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a prenatal test to detect birth defects at an early stage of pregnancy; tissue from the chorionic villi is assayed;
[syn: chorionic villus sampling, chorionic villus biopsy]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

chorionic villus sampling
    n 1: a prenatal test to detect birth defects at an early stage
         of pregnancy; tissue from the chorionic villi is assayed
         [syn: chorionic villus sampling, chorionic villus
         biopsy]