prenatal diagnosis

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echography, sonography, ultrasonography, ultrasound

using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs

amnio, amniocentesis

(pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities

fetoscopy, foetoscopy

prenatal diagnosis that allows direct observation of a fetus in the uterus and the withdrawal of fetal blood

A-scan ultrasonography

the use of ultrasonography to measure the length of the eyeball

B-scan ultrasonography

the use of ultrasonography to view structure in the back of the eye

Type of:

diagnostic procedure, diagnostic technique

a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis