Ultrasound Care Glossary of Terms

A

• Abnormality
• AFP
• Amniocentesis
• Amniotic band
• Amniotic band syndrome
• Anomaly
• Arrhythmia

B

• Beta HCG
• Birth defects
• Bleeding when not pregnant
• Bleeding in early pregnancy
• Bleeding in late pregnancy
• Blighted ovum

C

• Cerebral palsy
• Chorionic villus biopsy
• Chorionic villus sampling
• Chromosomal abnormalities
• Cleft lip and/or palate
• Club foot
• Congenital abnormality
• Congenital dislocation of the hip
• Congenital hypothyroidism
• Cystic fibrosis
• Cystic hygroma

F

• False negatives & false positives
• Fast FISH
• Fetal alcohol syndrome
• FISH
• Fluorescent in-situ hybridisation
• Folic acid

H

• HyCoSy
• Hydronephrosis
• Hydrops fetalis