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CHORIONIC VILLI [4 records]

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Record 1 2014-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Centesis and Samplings
  • Pregnancy
DEF

A medical procedure that extracts a portion of the outermost membrane surrounding the fetus to enable genetic and biochemical analysis.

CONT

CVS can be used to detect a variety of genetic disorders and fetal sex. CVS can be done as early as the eighth or ninth week of pregnancy, and the results are usually known within a week.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ponctions et prélèvements
  • Grossesse
DEF

Recueil d'un échantillon de tissu enveloppant le fœtus.

CONT

Le PVC peut servir à détecter diverses affections génétiques et à déterminer le sexe du fœtus. Le PVC peut être effectué à la huitième ou neuvième semaine de grossesse; il faut habituellement une semaine au maximum avant d'avoir les résultats.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Centesis y muestras
  • Embarazo
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Record 2 2012-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Embryology
DEF

One of the threadlike projections growing in tufts on the external surface of the chorion.

OBS

Plural :chorionic villi.

Key term(s)
  • chorionic villi

French

Domaine(s)
  • Embryologie
DEF

Évagination cylindrique du chorion ovulaire, située au contact direct avec le sang maternel, et représentant la partie essentielle du placenta.

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cancers and Oncology
DEF

A trophoblastic lesion characterized by large grapelike, edematous, avascular chorionic villi.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cancers et oncologie
DEF

Affection du placenta caractérisée par la transformation des villosités choriales en vésicules.

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cancers and Oncology
  • Genitourinary Tract
DEF

An epithelial malignancy of trophoblastic cells, formed by the abnormal proliferation of cuboidal and syncytial cells of the placental epithelium, without the production of chorionic villi.

OBS

Almost all cases arise in the uterus, developing from hydatidiform mole, following abortion, or during normal pregnancy. The remainder occur in ectopic pregnancies and genital (ovarian and testicular) and extragenital teratomas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cancers et oncologie
  • Appareil génito-urinaire
DEF

Tumeur hautement maligne faite de la juxtaposition d'éléments cellulaires de cytotrophoblaste et de syncytiotrophoblaste avec disparition complète des villosités choriales.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de cáncer y oncología
  • Aparato genitourinario
DEF

Neoplasia maligna de la placenta, o con menor frecuencia de los ovarios o testículos.

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