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Gestational Age

Definition: Gestational Age

Gestational Age

Noun

1. The age of an embryo counting from the time of fertilization.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Specialty Definitions: Gestational Age

DomainDefinitions

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.

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Synonyms: Gestational Age

Synonyms: fertilization age (n), fetal age (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Gestational Age

English words defined with "gestational age": low-birth-weight baby, low-birth-weight infantterm infant. (references)
Specialty definitions using "gestational age": gestational trophoblastic disease, gestational trophoblastic neoplasia, gestational trophoblastic tumorInfant, Small for Gestational Age, Infant, Very Low Birth WeightMeconium Aspiration. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Gestational Age

DomainTitle

Books

  • Care of the 24-25 Week Gestational Age Infant (Small Baby Protocol) (reference)

  • Dentofacial Growth and Growth Hormone Treatment in Short Children Born Small for Gestational Age (Acta Biomedica Lovaniensia , No 159) (reference)

  • Gestational Age of the Newborn: A Clinical Manual (reference)

  • Small for Gestational Age (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Gestational Age

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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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Gestational Age

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  gestational age

27

  small for gestational age

8

  large for gestational age

7
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Modern Translations: Gestational Age

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

   

Portuguese

  

idade gestacional. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Gestational Age

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Gestational Age


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 65 73 74 61 74 69 6F 6E 61 6C      41 67 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

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)

&#71 &#101 &#115 &#116 &#97 &#116 &#105 &#111 &#110 &#97 &#108 &#32 &#65 &#103 &#101

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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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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