What it means
In patient care, sampling means collecting a specimen for testing, as in blood sampling or chorionic villus samplingkor-ee-ON-ik VIL-us SAM-plingA prenatal test that takes a small sample of tissue from the placenta to check the baby's chromosomes and genes.Full entry , which takes a piece of the placenta for genetic tests. In research, sampling is how the people in a study are chosen from a larger group; a good sample represents the group the results will be used for.
Related terms
specimen
A sample of blood, urine, stool, tissue or other body material collected for testing.
chorionic villus sampling
A prenatal test that takes a small sample of tissue from the placenta to check the baby's chromosomes and genes.