prenatal diagnosis

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   any of the diagnostic procedures used to determine whether a fetus has a genetic abnormality

   Broaderdiagnostic procedure

   Narrowersonographyamniocentesisfetoscopy

Questions about prenatal diagnosis

What does prenatal diagnosis mean?

prenatal diagnosis means "any of the diagnostic procedures used to determine whether a fetus has a genetic abnormality".

Is prenatal diagnosis a common word?

prenatal diagnosis 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.