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Definition: Gestational Age |
Gestational AgeNoun1. The age of an embryo counting from the time of fertilization. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | Age of the conceptus. In humans, this may be assessed by medical history, physical examination, early immunologic pregnancy tests, radiography, ultrasonography, and amniotic fluid analysis. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Gestational AgeSynonyms: fertilization age (n), fetal age (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Gestational Age |
| English words defined with "gestational age": low-birth-weight baby, low-birth-weight infant ♦ term infant. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "gestational age": gestational trophoblastic disease, gestational trophoblastic neoplasia, gestational trophoblastic tumor ♦ Infant, Small for Gestational Age, Infant, Very Low Birth Weight ♦ Meconium Aspiration. (references) |
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Health | The gestational age of the newborn determines the degree to which the infant's lungs are ready to function. (references) | |
The terminology "apnea of infancy" generally refers to infants who are greater than 37 weeks gestational age at onset of pathologic apnea. (references) | ||
At this gestational age, however, their lungs are vulnerable to damage from infection, toxins, mechanical ventilation, and excessive amounts of oxygen. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
gestational age | 27 |
small for gestational age | 8 |
large for gestational age | 7 |
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| Language | Translations for "gestational age"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Dutch | zwangerschapsleeftijd. (various references) | ||||||||||
French | âge gestationnel. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Gestationsalter. (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | ηλικία κυήσεως. (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | età gestazionale. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | estationalgay ageay idade gestacional. (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-e-e-g-g-i-l-n-o-s-t-t" | |
-3 letters: genealogist, gestational. | |
-4 letters: negotiates. | |
-5 letters: agiotages, alginates, alienages, alienates, anagogies, analgesia, analogies, analogist, anglesite, atonalist, elongates, etiolates, galenites, gangliest, gelatines, gelations, gestalten, gestating, gestation, legations, negotiate, nostalgia, saltation, stational, tagalongs, tailgates, tangliest, tantalise, teaseling. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 65 73 74 61 74 69 6F 6E 61 6C 41 67 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100101 01110011 01110100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 01100001 01101100 00100000 01000001 01100111 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G e s t a t i o n a l   A g e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0065 0073 0074 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E 0061 006C 0041 0067 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)41718586678675818067782357371 |
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