Term: chorionic villus sampling: a prenatal test to detect birth defects at an early stage of pregnancy; tissue from the chorionic villi is assayed
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Candidate hypernym: watering can: a container with a handle and a spout with a perforated nozzle; used to sprinkle water over plants → 0
Candidate hypernym: jamesonia: xerophytic ferns of South America → 0
Candidate hypernym: squirrel's-foot fern: feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia → 0
Candidate hypernym: riddle: a coarse sieve (as for gravel) → 0
Candidate hypernym: griseofulvin: a kind of penicillin (a fungicidal antibiotic with the trade name Fulvicin) produced by molds of the genus Penicillium → 0
Candidate hypernym: mecoptera: an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip → 0
Candidate hypernym: cheerleader: someone who leads the cheers by spectators at a sporting event → 0
Candidate hypernym: wear: impairment resulting from long use → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus chlamydia: type genus of the family Chlamydiaceae: disease-causing parasites → 0
Candidate hypernym: complete fracture: break involving the entire width of the bone → 0