auxology

A near-extinct term that dignifies the study of growth, especially of microorganisms.

auxology

(og″zol′ŏ-jē″, ok″sol′) [Gr. auxanein, auxein, to grow + -logy]

The study of growth (the increase in height, weight, and head circumference, in childhood and adolescence).

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The level of the development of motor fitness in 6-year-old children in Poland depending on their motor activity and place of residence, [in] Auxology and Health Promotion, (ed.

Spontaneous and organized physical activity of 6-year-old children living in Poland

A GH provocation test is recommended unless the child has normal auxology or a basal IGF-I level above the mean for age.

IGF-1 DEFICIENCY (SHORT STATURE)

Of child development in an auxology perspective) Kultura Fizyczna 2004; 1-2:13-23

Changes in biological development of newborns in the light of selected conditions--from an auxological perspective

Human Growth in Sickness and in Health: Plenary Lectures from the 10th International Congress of Auxology.

Socio-economic predictors of stunting in preschool children--a population-based study from Johannesburg and Soweto

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