{"id":111008,"date":"2021-06-08T10:36:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T10:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=111008"},"modified":"2021-06-08T10:36:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T10:36:14","slug":"prenatal-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/prenatal-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Prenatal test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A type of medical test performed on a woman during pregnancy but before childbirth, generally focusing on the health and condition of the fetus. Many such tests are given to identify genetic disorders before birth, often at a stage when abortion or fetal surgery in utero can be performed if appropriate. Among the common prenatal tests are amniocentesis, alpha fetoprotein (AFP), and chorionic villus sampling (CVS) fetoscopy, and ultrasound scan.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A type of medical test performed on a woman during pregnancy but before childbirth, generally focusing on the health and condition of the fetus. Many such tests are given to identify genetic disorders before birth, often at a stage when abortion or fetal surgery in utero can be performed if appropriate. Among the common prenatal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-p"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Prenatal test - Definition of Prenatal test<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A type of medical test performed on a woman during pregnancy but before childbirth, generally focusing on the health and condition of the fetus. Many such tests are given to identify genetic disorders before birth, often at a stage when abortion or fetal surgery in utero can be performed if appropriate. Among the common prenatal tests are amniocentesis, alpha fetoprotein (AFP), and chorionic villus sampling (CVS) fetoscopy, and ultrasound scan.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/prenatal-test\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Prenatal test - Definition of Prenatal test\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A type of medical test performed on a woman during pregnancy but before childbirth, generally focusing on the health and condition of the fetus. Many such tests are given to identify genetic disorders before birth, often at a stage when abortion or fetal surgery in utero can be performed if appropriate. Among the common prenatal tests are amniocentesis, alpha fetoprotein (AFP), and chorionic villus sampling (CVS) fetoscopy, and ultrasound scan.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/prenatal-test\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-08T10:36:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/prenatal-test\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/prenatal-test\/\",\"name\":\"Prenatal test - Definition of Prenatal test\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-08T10:36:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-08T10:36:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\"},\"description\":\"A type of medical test performed on a woman during pregnancy but before childbirth, generally focusing on the health and condition of the fetus. Many such tests are given to identify genetic disorders before birth, often at a stage when abortion or fetal surgery in utero can be performed if appropriate. Among the common prenatal tests are amniocentesis, alpha fetoprotein (AFP), and chorionic villus sampling (CVS) fetoscopy, and ultrasound scan.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/prenatal-test\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/prenatal-test\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/prenatal-test\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Prenatal test\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"description\":\"Difinitions\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Prenatal test - Definition of Prenatal test","description":"A type of medical test performed on a woman during pregnancy but before childbirth, generally focusing on the health and condition of the fetus. Many such tests are given to identify genetic disorders before birth, often at a stage when abortion or fetal surgery in utero can be performed if appropriate. Among the common prenatal tests are amniocentesis, alpha fetoprotein (AFP), and chorionic villus sampling (CVS) fetoscopy, and ultrasound scan.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/prenatal-test\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Prenatal test - Definition of Prenatal test","og_description":"A type of medical test performed on a woman during pregnancy but before childbirth, generally focusing on the health and condition of the fetus. Many such tests are given to identify genetic disorders before birth, often at a stage when abortion or fetal surgery in utero can be performed if appropriate. Among the common prenatal tests are amniocentesis, alpha fetoprotein (AFP), and chorionic villus sampling (CVS) fetoscopy, and ultrasound scan.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/prenatal-test\/","og_site_name":"Glossary","article_published_time":"2021-06-08T10:36:14+00:00","author":"Glossary","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Glossary","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/prenatal-test\/","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/prenatal-test\/","name":"Prenatal test - Definition of Prenatal test","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-06-08T10:36:14+00:00","dateModified":"2021-06-08T10:36:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5"},"description":"A type of medical test performed on a woman during pregnancy but before childbirth, generally focusing on the health and condition of the fetus. Many such tests are given to identify genetic disorders before birth, often at a stage when abortion or fetal surgery in utero can be performed if appropriate. Among the common prenatal tests are amniocentesis, alpha fetoprotein (AFP), and chorionic villus sampling (CVS) fetoscopy, and ultrasound scan.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/prenatal-test\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/prenatal-test\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/prenatal-test\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Prenatal test"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/","name":"Glossary","description":"Difinitions","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5","name":"Glossary","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111008"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111009,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111008\/revisions\/111009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}