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chorionic villus sampling

cho·ri·on·ic vil·lus sam·pling


noun 
Definition:
 
prenatal screening test: a prenatal screening test carried out by examining cells from the tiny hairy outgrowths villi of the outer membrane chorion surrounding an embryo, which have the same DNA as the fetus

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