| chorionic villus. |
one of the tiny villi that stick out of the fetal chorion and combine with the mother's uterine tissue to form the placenta
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| chorionic gonadotropin |
Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is a peptide hormone produced in pregnancy, that is made by the embryo soon after conception and later by the trophoblast (part of the placenta). Its role is to prevent the disintegration of the corpus luteum of the ovary and thereby maintain progesterone production that is critical for a pregnancy in humans. hCG may have additional functions, for instance it is thought that it affects the immune tolerance of the pregnancy. ...
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| chorionic villus sampling |
A technique for prenatal diagnosis of birth defects, involving taking a sample of cells from the chorionic villus and analyzing them.
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| chorion |
An extraembryonic membrane that surrounds the zebrafish embryo during the first 2 days of development.
Ãâó: www.nature.com/nrg/journal/v2/n12/glossary/nrg1201...
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| chorionic villus sampling |
A prenatal test to detect chromosomal abnormalities in which cells from the placenta are analyzed. CVS can be done at 10 to 12 weeks of pregnancy.
Ãâó: www.ehealthmd.com/library/amniocentesis/AMO_glossa...
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