prenatal diagnosis

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• Prenatal diagnosis — Prenatal testing is testing for diseases or conditions in a fetus or embryo before it is born. The aim is to detect birth defects such as neural tube defects, Down syndrome, chromosome abnormalities, genetic diseases and other conditions. It can… …   Wikipedia

• Prenatal diagnosis — Diagnosis before birth. Methods for prenatal diagnosis include ultrasound of the uterus, placenta, and/or developing fetus; chorionic villus sampling (CVS) to obtain tissue for chromosome or biochemical analysis; and amniocentesis to obtain… …   Medical dictionary

• prenatal diagnosis — prenatal diagnosis. См. пренатальная диагностика. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

• prenatal diagnosis — antenatal diagnosis diagnostic procedures carried out on pregnant women in order to detect the presence of genetic or other abnormalities in the developing fetus. Ultrasound scanning (see ultrasonography) remains the cornerstone of prenatal… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• prenatal diagnosis — diagnosis of disease or physiological problems in a fetus while it is still inside the mother s uterus …   English contemporary dictionary

• prenatal diagnosis — noun any of the diagnostic procedures used to determine whether a fetus has a genetic abnormality • Hypernyms: ↑diagnostic procedure, ↑diagnostic technique • Hyponyms: ↑sonography, ↑ultrasonography, ↑echography, ↑ultrasound, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Диагностика Пренатальная (Prenatal Diagnosis), Диагностика Антенатальная (Antenatal Diagnosis) — диагностические процедуры, выполняемые в ходе обследования беременной женщины для выявления генетических или каких либо иных аномалий в развитии плода. Основой пренатальной диагностики является ультразвуковое сканирование (см. Ультрасонография).… …   Медицинские термины

• Diagnosis of fetal aneuploidy — Fetal aneuploidy is not as common as other birth defects, affecting 9 in 1000 births and increasing with maternal age. Amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling have historically been two of the most popular methods used to detect fetal… …   Wikipedia

• diagnosis — /duy euhg noh sis/, n., pl. diagnoses / seez/. 1. Med. a. the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition. b. the decision reached from such an examination. Abbr.: Dx 2. Biol. scientific… …   Universalium

• Prenatal — Occurring or existing before birth. Prenatal care is the regular health care women should receive during pregnancy from an obstetrician or midwife. Prenatal development is the growth and development of a single celled zygote formed by the… …   Medical dictionary

• diagnosis — The determination of the nature of a disease, injury, or congenital defect. SYN: diacrisis. [G. d., a deciding] antenatal d. SYN: prenatal d.. clinical d. a d. made from a study of the signs and symptoms of a d …   Medical dictionary