prenatal diagnosis
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1. any of the diagnostic procedures used to determine whether a fetus has a genetic abnormality (noun.act)
| hyponym | : | echography, sonography, ultrasonography, ultrasound, |
| definition | : | using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | amnio, amniocentesis, |
| definition | : | (pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | fetoscopy, foetoscopy, |
| definition | : | prenatal diagnosis that allows direct observation of a fetus in the uterus and the withdrawal of fetal blood (noun.act) |
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