Diagnostic Procedure
pregnancy test Audio
preg·nan·cy test
Subclass of:
Diagnostic Techniques, Obstetrical and Gynecological; Clinical Laboratory Techniques
Definitions related to pregnancy tests:
  • Any examination performed to assess if a female is gravid.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Determining whether or not a female is pregnant.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Tests to determine whether or not an individual is pregnant.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Pregnancy test, procedure aimed at determining whether a woman is pregnant. Pregnancy tests are based on a detectable increase in human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) in the blood serum and urine during early pregnancy. HCG is the principal hormone produced by the chorionic layers of the placenta...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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