appropriate for gestational age
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Related to appropriate for gestational age: Small for gestational age, Adequate for gestational age
appropriate for gestational age
Neonatology adjective Referring to an infant whose gestational age and weight are synchronous according to standardized age and growth curves. See Low birthweight.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
ap·pro·pri·ate for ges·ta·tion·al age
(AGA) (ă-prō'prē-ăt jes-tā'shŭn-ăl āj)Referring to an infant whose birth weight is reasonable for its gestational age.
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appropriate for gestational age
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Born with a normal height, weight, head circumference, and body mass index; being neither abnormally large nor abnormally small at birth. Because pregnancies sometimes end before 38 weeks or after 42 weeks, the judgment of what is the appropriate size for a newborn infant is adjusted to reflect the number of weeks that the mother was pregnant and the sex of the child. Babies born after a pregnancy of 38 to 42 weeks' duration are AGA if they weigh between 2.5 and 4 kg.
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