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Gestational Age

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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.  mammalian only; for fetus not mother   
See Also Crown-Rump Length; Infant, Premature; Term Birth 		Other names Fetal Maturity, Chronologic; Gestational Ages; Fetal Ages; Ages, Gestational; Ages, Fetal; Age, Gestational; Age, Fetal; Maturity, Chronologic Fetal; Chronologic Fetal Maturity; Fetal Age

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