| Qualifier English: | growth & development | ||||
| Qualifier Spanish: | crecimiento & desarrollo 
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| Qualifier Portuguese: | crescimento & desenvolvimento | ||||
| Qualifier French: | croissance et développement | ||||
| Entry term(s): | development growth growth and development postnatal development postnatal growth | ||||
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/Q000254 | ||||
| Scope note: | Used with microorganisms, plants, and the postnatal period of animals for growth and development. It includes also the postnatal growth or development of organs or anatomical parts. | ||||
| Annotation: | subheading only; for micro-organisms & plants; with animals, for postnatal development only: for prenatal development, see /embryology | ||||
| Allowable Qualifiers: | No qualifiers | ||||
| Online Note: | search policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/GD or GD (SH) or SUBS APPLY GD | ||||
| History Note: | 66; used with Category A & B 1966-74; A1-9, A13-15 & B 1975-86; A1-9, A13-15, B & INFANT, NEWBORN+ 1987-89; A1-l0, A13-14 & B 1990 forward | ||||
| Entry Version: | GROWTH | ||||
| Abbreviation: | GD | ||||
| DeCS ID: | 22014 | ||||
| Unique ID: | Q000254 | ||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||
| Date Established: | 1966/01/01 | ||||
| Date of Entry: | 1973/12/27 | ||||
| Revision Date: | 2017/04/11 | 
                        
                                                                    
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                | Concept UI | M0030446 | 
| Scope note | Used with microorganisms, plants, and the postnatal period of animals for growth and development. It includes also the postnatal growth or development of organs or anatomical parts. | 
| Preferred term | growth & development | 
| Entry term(s) | growth and development | 
| Concept UI | M0030450 | 
| Preferred term | postnatal growth | 
| Concept UI | M0030449 | 
| Preferred term | postnatal development | 
| Concept UI | M0030448 | 
| Preferred term | development | 
| Concept UI | M0030447 | 
| Preferred term | growth | 
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