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... > Reproductive and Urinary Physiological Phenomena > Reproductive Physiological Phenomena > Reproduction > Embryonic and Fetal Development > Fetal Development > Gestational Age
... > Physiological Phenomena > Growth and Development > Morphogenesis > Embryonic and Fetal Development > Fetal Development > Gestational Age

Preferred term

Gestational Age  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The age of the conceptus, beginning from the time of FERTILIZATION. In clinical obstetrics, the gestational age is often estimated as the time from the last day of the last MENSTRUATION which is about 2 weeks before OVULATION and fertilization.

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Entry terms

  • Chronologic Fetal Maturity
  • Fetal Age
  • Fetal Maturity, Chronologic
  • Maturity, Chronologic Fetal

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