gestational age
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5.3
- noun
- /ˌdʒɛsteɪʃənl eɪdʒ/
- Specialized
:
edad gestacional
- The distribution of fetal malnutrition in relation to gestational age and sex is shown in Table II.
- gestational age at birth
- weight for gestational age
- gestational age at delivery
I mean, oxygen is implicated, but really it's gestational age, low birth weight oxygen.
- I mean, oxygen is implicated, but really it's gestational age, low birth weight oxygen.
Examples
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All infants were of gestational age greater than 37 weeks at birth.
Academic text (1999) -
In Step 2, gestational age and birth weight explained an additional 0.2%.
Academic text (2011) -
Table 1 shows the distribution of cases and controls according to age, gestational age at birth, and selected factors.
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Overall, results did not provide evidence of an association between surrounding greenness and gestational age.
Academic text (2012) -
For mothers, stress was related to gestational age, so that the earlier the birth, the higher the mothers' stress.
Academic text (2008) -
The mean gestational age at birth was 37.4 weeks for cases and 39.6 weeks for controls.
Academic text (2010) -
A preterm, or premature, birth has a gestational age of less than 37 weeks at delivery.
Academic text (2011) -
Birth weight was obtained from medical records, and gestational age was established by fetal ultrasound examinations.
Academic text (2011) -
Ultrasonography revealed a single live intrauterine fetus of gestational age of 38 weeks with vertex presentation.
Academic text (2007) -
The doctor confirmed that the gestational age of the fetus was correctly measured at seven weeks.
Synonyms
Time counted from when the sperm joins the egg to show how old an embryo or unborn baby is
Time since the egg and sperm joined that shows how old the embryo or unborn baby is
How Old
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3.3
- Specialized
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3.5
- Specialized
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5.3
- Specialized
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3.1
- Specialized
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3.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'gestational' (relating to gestation/embryo development) combined with 'age' (time since origin) yields the time of the embryo or fetus. This is a technical but transparent formation and can be understood by a learner who knows both constituent meanings and basic pregnancy vocabulary.
Etymology
Gestational age comes from the word gestation, meaning carrying a baby, and age, meaning how much time has passed. So it literally means the 'time since pregnancy began' and is used to say how far along a pregnancy is.