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chorionic villus sampling

chorionic villus sampling
noun Date: 1983 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

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

  
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