prenatal diagnosis
Before-birth testing
Prenatal diagnosis is medical testing performed during pregnancy to detect genetic abnormalities, birth defects, or other conditions in a fetus.
Methods include ultrasound, amniocentesis, and blood tests.
Results may inform decisions about continuing a pregnancy or preparing for a child's special needs: Prenatal diagnosis revealed the baby had Down syndrome.
- amniocentesisPrenatal diagnostic fluid extraction
- karyotypingVisualizing chromosomal arrangement
- ultrasoundInaudible high-frequency waves
- genetic counselingGuidance on inherited conditions
- genetic disorderAbnormality in inherited code
anomaly · genetic testing · microcephaly · birth defect · inheritance · developmental delay · risk-benefit analysis · womb · mutation · syndrome · genome sequencing · chromosome · maternal · pregnancy · baby bump · anxiety · cells · sonogram
- pregnancypregnancy, pregnant, due date, weeks, first trimester
- geneticsDNA, allele, genotype, genes, gene
- Cytogeneticskaryotyping, karyotype, chromosomes, autosomes, G-banding
- blood disordersanemia, sickle cell anemia, sickle cell disease, thalassemia, leukemia
- Blood IncompatibilityRh factor, sensitization, hemolysis
- diaphragmatic herniahernia repair
prenatal diagnosislate diagnosis
Condition identified belatedly
prenatal diagnosiswait-and-see
Deferring judgment pending developments