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 — 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
