Gestational Age
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.
Year introduced: 1970(1968)
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Tree Number(s): G07.345.500.325.235.968, G08.686.320
MeSH Unique ID: D005865
Entry Terms:
- Age, Gestational
- Ages, Gestational
- Gestational Ages
- Embryologic Age
- Age, Embryologic
- Ages, Embryologic
- Embryologic Ages
- Chronologic Fetal Maturity
- Fetal Maturity, Chronologic
- Fetal Age
- Age, Fetal
- Ages, Fetal
- Fetal Ages
- Maturity, Chronologic Fetal
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