chorionic villus biopsy

1. 1.

   a prenatal test to detect birth defects at an early stage of pregnancy; tissue from the chorionic villi is assayed

   Synonymschorionic villus sampling

   Broaderbiopsy

Questions about chorionic villus biopsy

What does chorionic villus biopsy mean?

chorionic villus biopsy means "a prenatal test to detect birth defects at an early stage of pregnancy; tissue from the chorionic villi is assayed".

What is another word for chorionic villus biopsy?

Close synonyms include chorionic villus sampling. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chorionic villus biopsy a common word?

chorionic villus biopsy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.