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chorionic villus
noun(chorionic villus sampling)
biopsy of a villus of the chorion at usually 10 to 12 weeks of gestation to obtain fetal cells for the prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal abnormalities —abbreviation CVS—called also chorionic villi sampling

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