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gestational age
The number of weeks between the first day after the last period and the day of delivery, which indicates the advanced stage of pregnancy.
Grammatical category Noun
Field Anatomy, physiology and embryology
Level of specialization Medium
Definition source glosario de Fertilidad
Gender relationship Yes, woman
Variants
Abbreviation
GA
Informal
Equivalents

Spanish

edad gestacional

Valenciano

edat gestacional
Associated concepts
Type of
measurement
Examples
Other variables were more related to obstetric data (gestational age at admission, type of delivery, pregnancy follow up, and time of last delivery).
Pregnancy termination was not offered as an option to the patient because the gestational age exceeded the viable period.
Collocations
WITH VERBS
gestational age is determined | is assessed | is estimated || measures | refers to
WITH ADJECTIVES
corrected || advanced gestational age
WITH NOUNS
gestational age assessment | estimation || at birth