Fill in the Blanks Below with Single Words

question 31

Essay

Fill in the blanks below with single words.
Traditional ______1______ diagnosis has involved _____2______ surgical procedures in which a sample of fetal cells is recovered and analysed. There have been two major approaches. In one case a sample is taken from the _____3____ (the outermost extra-embryonic ____4_____ ). Typically this sample is taken in the ____5______ trimester of pregnancy. In the other case, a sample of _____6_____ fluid is taken that will contain cells from the _____7______ , an inner extra-embryonic ____4_____. This procedure, called ____8_____ is taken at, or close to, 16 weeks of gestation; it provides fetal cells that can be processed to allow ____9_____ analyses as well as DNA analyses. Because of the surgical procedures involved there is a small excess risk of ____10_____. As a result, there has been a trend to develop non-_____2______ ______1______ diagnosis. That has been fuelled by _____11_______ ______12______ sequencing of DNA from maternal ____13____.

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Definitions:

Fully Employed

Refers to a situation where all available labor resources are being used in the most economically efficient way.

GDP

Gross Domestic Product, the total market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a specific time period.

Natural Rate

The natural rate typically signifies the unemployment rate that maintains a steady inflation rate over time, also known as the natural rate of unemployment.

Short-run Ups

Temporary or brief increases in economic indicators or market performance.