chronologic age

chronologic age
the age of a person expressed in terms of the period elapsed from the time of birth.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • age — 1. The period that has elapsed since birth. 2. One of the periods into which human life is divided, distinguished by physical evolution, equilibrium, and involution; e.g., the seven ages of mankind are: infancy, childhood, adolescence …   Medical dictionary

  • bone age — osseous development shown radiographically, stated in terms of the chronologic age at which the development is ordinarily attained …   Medical dictionary

  • Constitutional growth delay — (CGD) is a term describing a temporary delay in the skeletal growth and thus height of a child with no other physical abnormalities causing the delay. Short stature may be the result of a growth pattern inherited from a parent (familial) or occur …   Wikipedia

  • CA — Abbreviation for cancer; q; cardiac arrest; chronologic age; cytosine arabinoside. * * * anterior commissure [Lat. commissura anterior]; calcium antagonist; California [rabbit]; cancer; cancer antigen; Candida albicans; caproic acid; capsid;… …   Medical dictionary

  • Intelligence quotient — An attempt to measure the intelligence of someone. Abbreviated IQ. The IQ score is usually based upon the results of a written test. To calculate the IQ, the person s mental age as determined by a test is divided by chronologic age, and the… …   Medical dictionary

  • Quotient — The result of mathematical division. The I.Q. (Intelligence Quotient) is arrived at by dividing the person s mental age (as determined on the Binet test) by the person s chronologic age and multiplying by 100. So if a child scores at the 8 year… …   Medical dictionary

  • IQ — Abbreviation for intelligence quotient, an attempt to measure the intelligence of someone. The IQ score is usually based upon the results of a written test. To calculate the IQ, the person s mental age (as determined by a test) is divided by… …   Medical dictionary

  • Ca — 1. Abbreviation for cathode. 2. Symbol for calcium. * * * anterior commissure [Lat. commissura anterior]; calcium antagonist; California [rabbit]; cancer; cancer antigen; Candida albicans; caproic acid; capsid; capsid protein; carbohydrate… …   Medical dictionary

  • Шкала Таннера — Изменение волосяного покрова у мужчин. Шкала Таннера или Стадии Таннера (англ. Tanner scale или англ. Tanner stages)  разработанная …   Википедия

  • pseudopuberty — Condition characterized by the precocious development of a varying number of the somatic and functional changes typical of puberty; commonly caused by the hormonal secretions of an ovarian tumor (especially ovarian or …   Medical dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”