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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)
Growth Disorders Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition 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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