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CVS
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CVSConcurrent Versions System (open source software)
CVSConvenience Store (financial reporting)
CVSChorionic Villus Sampling (pre-natal test)
CVSComma-Separated Values
CVSComputer Vision Syndrome
CVSCardiovascular System
CVSCapcom vs. SNK (video game)
CVSCyclic Vomiting Syndrome
CVSCertified Value Specialist
CVSConstant Volume Sampler
CVSCoves (street suffix)
CVSCouncils for Voluntary Services
CVSConstant Volume Sampling
CVSCode Versioning System
CVSConsumer Value Stores (CVS Corporation)
CVSConsumer Value Store (pharmacy/drugstore)
CVSCyclic Voltammetric Stripping (electrochemical analysis)
CVSContractor Verification System (US DoD)
CVSComunicazione Valutaria Statistica (currency report for statistical purposes)
CVSChippewa Valley Schools (Michigan)
CVSCompressed Voice System (RAD)
CVSCommercial Vehicle Show (UK)
CVSCompliance Verification System (Canadian Food Inspection Agency)
CVSCultivated Varieties (botany)
CVSASW Aircraft Carrier
CVSCommercial Vehicle Systems, LLC
CVSClient Volg Systeem
CVSCommunity Violence Solutions
CVSAnti-Submarine Aircraft Carrier
CVSCombat Vehicle System
CVSCommercial Vessel Safety
CVSConstant Voltage Source
CVSChicago Vocational School (now Chicago Vocational Career Academy)
CVSCargo Visibility System
CVSChinese Vacuum Society
CVSCommercial Vendor Services
CVSChocolate, Vanilla, Strawberry
CVSChrome Vanadium Steel
CVSCarrier Suitability
CVSCollege of Veterinary Science
CVSCalgary Vegetarian Society (Alberta, Canada)
CVSCzech Vexillological Society
CVSCharles Villiers Stanford (composer, conductor)
CVSCoronavirus 229e Susceptibility
CVSCustomer Value Store
CVSControlled Vocabulary System
CVSCentri Volontari della Sofferenza (International Confederation of the Volunteers of Suffering Centers)
CVSCeská Vakuová Spolecnost (Czech Vacuum Society)
CVSCentrum Pro Védská Studia (The Centre for Vedic Studies, Prague, Czech Republic)
CVSCompuVision Systems, Inc.
CVSChief Value Synthetic (fabric)
CVSCenter for Visiting Scholars
CVSClovis Cannon AFB, New Mexico, United States (airport code)
CVSClosed User Group Validation and Selection Request (ITU-T)
CVSCoding Violation - Section
CVSCustomers Value System
CVSCycle Verification System (Sprint)


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ROAMING FREE Amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling are currently the only way doctors have for analyzing a fetus' genes, but scientists have for decades been contemplating how to replace these tests with less invasive ones.
Bringing up baby's DNA: less risky techniques for assessing fetal ... by Brownlee, Christen / Science News
Chorionic villus sampling, to detect genetic abnormalities in the embryo or fetus in the first trimester.
Eugenics and population control in Canada by Shea, John / Catholic Insight
Previously, the only way to know if a woman was having a baby with Down's was with second-trimester blood tests and/or invasive amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling (CVS) tests, all of which carry a slight risk of miscarriage.
Women & pregnancy by National Women's Health Report
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