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Growth Disorders
Medical Definition: | Deviations from the average values for a specific age and sex in any or all of the following: height, weight, skeletal proportions, osseous development, or maturation of features. Included here are both acceleration and retardation of growth. |
Guide Notes: | do not confuse with NUTRITION DISORDERS (disord of assimilating & utilizing nutrients) |
Previously Indexed: | Growth (1966-1968) |
Failure to Thrive - A condition in which an infant or child's weight gain and growth are far below usual levels for age. |
Growth Disorders Medical Definitions and Terms
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