Birth weight

Introduction: Birth weight

Description of Birth weight

Birth weight: in humans, the first weight of an infant obtained within less than the first 60 completed minutes after birth; a full-size infant is one weighing 2500 g or more; a low birth weight is less than 2500 g.; very low birth weight is less than 1500 g.; and extremely low birth weight is less than 1000 g.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Birth weight: The mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual at BIRTH. It is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms.
Source: MeSH 2007

Birth weight: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Birth weight:

• Birth
• Weight

Hierarchical classifications of Birth weight

The following list attempts to classify Birth weight into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
  • Signs and Symptoms
    • Body Weight
      • Birth Weight

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Diagnosis
  • Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures
    • Physical Examination
      • Body Constitution
        • Body Weights and Measures
          • Body Size
            • Body Weight
              • Birth Weight

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Investigative Techniques
  • Body Weights and Measures
    • Body Size
      • Body Weight
        • Birth Weight

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Physiological Processes
  • Body Constitution
    • Body Weights and Measures
      • Body Size
        • Body Weight
          • Birth Weight

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Physiological Processes
  • Growth and Development
    • Growth
      • Body Size
        • Body Weight
          • Birth Weight

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