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MeSH Heading: Gestational Age
Tree Number(s): G07.345.500.325.235.968; G08.686.320
Unique ID: D005865
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005865
Annotation: mammalian only; for fetus not mother
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Chronologic Fetal Maturity; Embryologic Age; Fetal Age; Fetal Maturity, Chronologic; Maturity, Chronologic Fetal
NLM Classification #: WQ 210.5
Previous Indexing: Embryo (1966-1967); Fetus (1966-1967); Infant, Premature (1966-1967)
See Also: Crown-Rump Length; Infant, Premature; Term Birth
Public MeSH Note: 70
History Note: 70(68)
Date Established: 1970/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2022/04/08

Concept UI: M000751929
Terms: Chronologic Fetal Maturity Preferred Term
Term UI T017742
Date08/26/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Maturity, Chronologic Fetal
Term UI T017743
Date08/26/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Fetal Maturity, Chronologic
Term UI T017744
Date05/13/1980
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Fetal Age
Term UI T560949
Date12/02/2003
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2005)

Gestational Age MeSH Descriptor Data 2023