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Growth Disorders(Topical Term)

Preferred form: Growth Disorders
Used for/see from:
  • n: Stunted Growth
  • n: Stunting
  • n: Disorder, Growth
  • n: Growth Disorder
  • n: Growth, Stunted
  • n: Stuntings

do not confuse with NUTRITION DISORDERS (disorders of assimilating & utilizing nutrients)

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.

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