chorionic villus sampling
chorionic villus sampling
nounDefinition of CHORIONIC VILLUS SAMPLING
: biopsy of a villus of the chorion at usually 10 to 12 weeks of gestation to obtain fetal cells for the prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal abnormalities —abbreviation CVS —called also chorionic villi sampling
First Known Use of CHORIONIC VILLUS SAMPLING
1983
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