| Descriptor English: | Gestational Age | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Edad Gestacional
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Idade Gestacional | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Âge gestationnel | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Age, Embryologic Age, Fetal Age, Gestational Ages, Embryologic Ages, Fetal Ages, Gestational Chronologic Fetal Maturity Embryologic Age Embryologic Ages Fetal Age Fetal Ages Fetal Maturity, Chronologic Gestational Ages Maturity, Chronologic Fetal |
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| Tree number(s): |
G07.345.500.325.235.968 G08.686.320 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005865 | ||||||
| Scope note: | The age of the conceptus, beginning from the time of FERTILIZATION. In clinical obstetrics, the gestational age is often estimated from the onset of the last MENSTRUATION which is about 2 weeks before OVULATION and fertilization. It is also estimated to begin from fertilization, estrus, coitus, or artificial insemination. |
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| Annotation: | mammalian only; for fetus not mother |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | No qualifiers | ||||||
| Previous Indexing: |
Embryo (1966-1967) Fetus (1966-1967) Infant, Premature (1966-1967) |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 70 |
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| History Note: | 70(68) |
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| Related: |
Crown-Rump Length
MeSH Infant, Premature MeSH Term Birth MeSH | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 29399 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D005865 | ||||||
| NLM Classification: | WQ 210.5 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1970/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2022/04/08 |
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PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES
Physiological Phenomena [G07]Physiological Phenomena
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Gestational Age
- Preferred
Embryologic Age
- Related but not broader or narrower
Chronologic Fetal Maturity
- Related but not broader or narrower
| Concept UI |
M0009214 |
| Scope note | The age of the conceptus, beginning from the time of FERTILIZATION. In clinical obstetrics, the gestational age is often estimated from the onset of the last MENSTRUATION which is about 2 weeks before OVULATION and fertilization. It is also estimated to begin from fertilization, estrus, coitus, or artificial insemination. |
| Preferred term | Gestational Age |
| Entry term(s) |
Age, Gestational Ages, Gestational Gestational Ages |
| Concept UI |
M000751927 |
| Preferred term | Embryologic Age |
| Entry term(s) |
Age, Embryologic Ages, Embryologic Embryologic Ages |
| Concept UI |
M000751929 |
| Preferred term | Chronologic Fetal Maturity |
| Entry term(s) |
Age, Fetal Ages, Fetal Fetal Age Fetal Ages Fetal Maturity, Chronologic Maturity, Chronologic Fetal |
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