Growth Disorders

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.

Year introduced: 1972(1969)

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Tree Number(s): C23.550.393

MeSH Unique ID: D006130

Entry Terms:

• Disorder, Growth
• Growth Disorder
• Stunting
• Stuntings
• Stunted Growth
• Growth, Stunted

Previous Indexing:

• Growth (1966-1968)

See Also:

• Bone Diseases, Developmental
• Dwarfism
• Gigantism

All MeSH Categories
Diseases Category
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
Pathologic Processes
Growth Disorders
Fetal Growth Retardation