Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun chorionic_villus_sampling

1 sense of chorionic villus sampling

Sense 1
chorionic villus sampling, chorionic villus biopsy -- (a prenatal test to detect birth defects at an early stage of pregnancy; tissue from the chorionic villi is assayed)
       => biopsy -- (examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease)