Medical Dictionary
chorionic villus sampling
noun
Medical Definition of CHORIONIC VILLUS SAMPLING
: biopsy of the chorion frondosum through the abdominal wall or by way of the vagina and uterine cervix at 10 to 12 weeks of gestation to obtain fetal cells for the prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal abnormalities—abbreviation CVS
Variants of CHORIONIC VILLUS SAMPLING
chorionic villus sampling also chorionic villi sampling
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