| NOUN | act | prenatal diagnosis | any of the diagnostic procedures used to determine whether a fetus has a genetic abnormality |
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| Meaning | Any of the diagnostic procedures used to determine whether a fetus has a genetic abnormality. | |
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| Narrower | amniocentesis, amnio | (pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities |
| fetoscopy, foetoscopy | prenatal diagnosis that allows direct observation of a fetus in the uterus and the withdrawal of fetal blood | |
| sonography, ultrasonography, echography, ultrasound | Using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram) | |
| Broader | diagnostic procedure, diagnostic technique | A procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis |
| Catalan | diagnòstic prenatal | |
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