gestational age

Preferred Label : gestational age;

MeSH definition : The age of the conceptus, beginning from the time of FERTILIZATION. In clinical obstetrics, the gestational age is often estimated as the time from the last day of the last MENSTRUATION which is about 2 weeks before OVULATION and fertilization.; 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.;

MeSH synonym : age, gestational; ages, gestational; gestational ages;

CISMeF synonym : chronologic fetal maturity;

Related MeSH term : Maturity, Chronologic Fetal; Fetal Maturity, Chronologic; Fetal Age; Age, Fetal; Ages, Fetal; Fetal Ages; Age, Embryologic; Ages, Embryologic; Embryologic Ages;

MeSH annotation : mammalian only; for fetus not mother;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestational age;

Details

Origin ID

D005865;

UMLS CUI

C0017504;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Fetal gestational age (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Gestational age [LOINC component]
- Gestational age [FMA entity]
- fetal age [Radlex concept]
- gestational age [SNOMED Notion]
Record concept(s)
- Chronologic Fetal Maturity [MeSH concept]
- Embryologic Age [MeSH concept]
- gestational age [MeSH concept]
See also
- crown-rump length [MeSH Descriptor]
- embryo, mammalian [MeSH Descriptor]
- fetus [MeSH Descriptor]
- infant, premature [MeSH Descriptor]
- term birth [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- infant, small for gestational age [MeSH Descriptor]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Fetal age [LOINC part]
Semantic type(s)
- Organism Attribute [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Fetal age [FMA entity]
- Fetal age [LOINC part]
- Fetal gestational age (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Gestational age [FMA entity]
- Gestational age [LOINC component]
- fetal age [Radlex concept]
- gestational age [SNOMED Notion]

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