Medical Term:
gestational age
Definition:
- in obstetrics, the developmental age of a fetus, usually based on the presumed first day of the last normal menstrual period.
- in embryology, this term is superfluous because gestation does not begin until fertilization of an oocyte occurs around the middle of the menstrual cycle.
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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
