Fetal Weight MeSH Descriptor Data 2025

MeSH Heading: Fetal Weight
Tree Number(s): C23.888.144.300; E01.370.600.115.100.160.120.300; E01.370.600.115.450.375.300; E05.041.124.160.750.300; G07.100.100.160.120.300; G07.100.175.313.300; G07.345.249.314.120.300; G07.345.500.325.235.937; G08.686.280
Unique ID: D020567
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020567
Annotation: mammalian only
Scope Note: The weight of the FETUS in utero. It is usually estimated by various formulas based on measurements made during PRENATAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY.
Entry Term(s): Body Weight, Fetal
NLM Classification #: WQ 210.5
Previous Indexing: Body Weight (1965-1999); Fetus (1965-1999)
See Also: Birth Weight
Public MeSH Note: 2000
History Note: 2000
Date Established: 2000/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/11/03
Revision Date: 2022/07/12

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

ethnology (EH)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
- Signs and Symptoms [C23.888]
  - Body Weight [C23.888.144]

Diagnosis [E01]
- Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures [E01.370]
  - Physical Examination [E01.370.600]
    - Body Constitution [E01.370.600.115]
      - Body Weights and Measures [E01.370.600.115.100]
        
        Body Size [E01.370.600.115.100.160]
        
        Body Weight [E01.370.600.115.100.160.120]
        
        Birth Weight [E01.370.600.115.100.160.120.186]
        
        Fetal Weight [E01.370.600.115.100.160.120.300]
        
        Ideal Body Weight [E01.370.600.115.100.160.120.499]

Diagnosis [E01]
- Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures [E01.370]
  - Physical Examination [E01.370.600]
    - Body Constitution [E01.370.600.115]
      - Physical Appearance, Body [E01.370.600.115.450]
        
        Body Weight [E01.370.600.115.450.375]
        
        Birth Weight [E01.370.600.115.450.375.186]
        
        Fetal Weight [E01.370.600.115.450.375.300]
        
        Ideal Body Weight [E01.370.600.115.450.375.499]
        
        Overweight [E01.370.600.115.450.375.699]
        
        Thinness [E01.370.600.115.450.375.828]

Investigative Techniques [E05]
- Anthropometry [E05.041]
  - Body Weights and Measures [E05.041.124]
    - Body Size [E05.041.124.160]
      - Body Weight [E05.041.124.160.750]
        
        Birth Weight [E05.041.124.160.750.149]
        
        Fetal Weight [E05.041.124.160.750.300]
        
        Ideal Body Weight [E05.041.124.160.750.650]

Physiological Phenomena [G07]
- Body Constitution [G07.100]
  - Body Weights and Measures [G07.100.100]
    - Body Size [G07.100.100.160]
      - Body Weight [G07.100.100.160.120]
        
        Birth Weight [G07.100.100.160.120.186]
        
        Fetal Weight [G07.100.100.160.120.300]
        
        Ideal Body Weight [G07.100.100.160.120.499]
        
        Overweight [G07.100.100.160.120.699]
        
        Thinness [G07.100.100.160.120.828]

Physiological Phenomena [G07]
- Body Constitution [G07.100]
  - Physical Appearance, Body [G07.100.175]
    - Body Weight [G07.100.175.313]

Physiological Phenomena [G07]
- Growth and Development [G07.345]
  - Growth [G07.345.249]
    - Body Size [G07.345.249.314]
      - Body Weight [G07.345.249.314.120]
        
        Birth Weight [G07.345.249.314.120.186]
        
        Body Weight Changes [G07.345.249.314.120.200]
        
        Body Weight Maintenance [G07.345.249.314.120.250]
        
        Fetal Weight [G07.345.249.314.120.300]
        
        Ideal Body Weight [G07.345.249.314.120.650]

Physiological Phenomena [G07]
- Growth and Development [G07.345]
  - Morphogenesis [G07.345.500]
    - Embryonic and Fetal Development [G07.345.500.325]
      - Fetal Development [G07.345.500.325.235]
        
        Fetal Movement [G07.345.500.325.235.374]
        
        Fetal Organ Maturity [G07.345.500.325.235.750]
        
        Fetal Viability [G07.345.500.325.235.875]
        
        Fetal Weight [G07.345.500.325.235.937]
        
        Gestational Age [G07.345.500.325.235.968]

Reproductive and Urinary Physiological Phenomena [G08]
- Reproductive Physiological Phenomena [G08.686]

Fetal Weight Preferred

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