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Urogenital Diseases > Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications > Pregnancy Complications > Pregnancy, Prolonged

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Pregnancy, Prolonged  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Prolonged Pregnancy

Scope note

  • A term used to describe pregnancies that exceed the upper limit of a normal gestational period. In humans, a prolonged pregnancy is defined as one that extends beyond 42 weeks (294 days) after the first day of the last menstrual period (MENSTRUATION), or birth with gestational age of 41 weeks or more.

In other languages

  • yliaikaisuus

    Finnish

  • graviditas prolongata
  • graviditas serotina
  • pitkittynyt raskaus
  • postmaturitas
  • postmaturiteetti
  • yliaikainen raskaus
  • Graviditet, överburen

    Swedish

  • Överburen graviditet

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011273

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