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Definition of Prenatal diagnosis
1. Noun. Any of the diagnostic procedures used to determine whether a fetus has a genetic abnormality.
Specialized synonyms: Echography, Sonography, Ultrasonography, Ultrasound, Amnio, Amniocentesis, Fetoscopy, Foetoscopy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prenatal Diagnosis
Literary usage of Prenatal diagnosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Guide To Clinical Preventive Services by U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (1989)
"Rapid prenatal diagnosis of sickle cell anemia by a new method of DNA analysis.
... prenatal diagnosis of hemoglobinopathies by DNA analysis. ..."
2. Management & Therapy of Sickle Cell Disease edited by Clarice D. Reid, Samuel Charace, Bertram Lubin (1997)
"prenatal diagnosis is best accomplished by a reproductive genetics team ...
A necessary proviso for prenatal diagnosis of sickle cell disease is that ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"11 June 1970 Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome: Preventive Control by prenatal diagnosis Abstract.
The Lesch-Nyhan syndrome was detected in a fetus at a time ..."
4. Genetics Testing in the New Millennium: Advances, Standards and Implications edited by Constance A. Morella (2001)
"Murphy PD, Watson MS, Kidd KK, Breg WR: Molecular approaches to carrier detection
and prenatal diagnosis of the fragile X syndrome. Pediatric Research 1986 ..."
5. Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Report of the U. S. Preventive by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Diaphragmatic hernia in the fetus: prenatal diagnosis and outcome in 94 cases.
... Midtrimester amniocentesis for prenatal diagnosis: safety and accuracy. ..."
6. Health Care Technology And Its Assessment In Eight Countries edited by H. David Banta (2004)
"the consequences of prenatal diagnosis, leading to therapeutic in utero care ...
Such services are closely coordinated with centers for prenatal diagnosis, ..."
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