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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

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Gestational Age  

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Entry terms

  • Age, Embryologic
  • Ages, Embryologic
  • Chronologic Fetal Maturity
  • Embryologic Age
  • Embryologic Ages

Note

  • mammalian only; for fetus not mother

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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  • 70(68)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005865

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