See Also: Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)(health)
fluorescence in situ hybridization(medicine)
in situ hybridization(medicine)
Fluorescent in situ hybridization(health)
fluorescent in situ hybridization(medicine)
in situ nucleic acid hybridization(medicine)
Hybridization(health)
Hybridization(medicine)
hybridization(dictionary)
DNA hybridization(medicine)

Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) (health)


A technique that can be used for prenatal diagnosis, in which specifically designed fluorescent molecules are used to "light up" particular genes or sections of chromosomes to make them visible under a microscope. The fluorescence makes even small abnormalities in the chromosomes visible.