CHORIONIC VILLUS BIOPSY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a prenatal test to detect birth defects at an early stage of pregnancy
   • tissue from the chorionic villi is assayed
   Synonym(s)
   • chorionic villus sampling (what does chorionic villus sampling mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) chorionic villus biopsy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • biopsy (what does biopsy mean?)