chorionic villus sampling

1. 1.

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

   Synonymschorionic villus biopsy

   Broaderbiopsy

Questions about chorionic villus sampling

What does chorionic villus sampling mean?

chorionic villus sampling 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 sampling?

Close synonyms include chorionic villus biopsy. 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 sampling a common word?

chorionic villus sampling 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.