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ultrasound marker

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ultrasound marker (mark-er) n. the appearance, on ultrasonography of a pregnant uterus, of a feature suggesting a structural or chromosomal abnormality in the fetus. An example is increased nuchal translucency (see nuchal (translucency scanning)).

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