Finding
weight gain
weight gain [ weyt geyn ]
Subclass of:
Body Weight Changes
Definitions related to weight gain:
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An increase in total body weight.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Increase in BODY WEIGHT over existing weight.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Increase in body weight over existing weight; unintentional as well as intentional gain.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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(body weight gain) A change in overall body weight, relative to the beginning of the collection period.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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(increased body weight) Abnormally increased body weight.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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A finding characterized by an unexpected or abnormal increase in overall body weight; for pediatrics, greater than the baseline growth curve.Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse EventsU.S. National Institutes of Health, 2021
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