Growth chart showing percentile curves for weight by age for girls.
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Growth chart — A growth chart is used by pediatricians and other health care providers to follow a child s growth over time. Growth charts have been constructed by observing the growth of large numbers of normal children over time. The height, weight, and head… … Wikipedia
Growth failure — is a medical term for a pattern of a child s growth which is poorer than normal for age, sex, stage of maturation, and genetic height expectation. Growth failure usually has an abnormal cause or causes. Many short children are growing normally… … Wikipedia
Tanner growth chart — See under chart … Medical dictionary
Growth-share matrix — The BCG matrix (aka B.C.G. analysis, BCG matrix, Boston Box, Boston Matrix, Boston Consulting Group analysis) is a chart that had been created by Bruce Henderson for the Boston Consulting Group in 1970 to help corporations with analyzing their… … Wikipedia
chart — 1. A recording of clinical data relating to a patient s case. 2. SYN: curve (2). 3. In optics, symbols of graduated size for measuring visual acuity, or test types for determining far or near vision. See … Medical dictionary
growth — noun 1 increase in sth ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, exponential, significant, strong ▪ the exponential growth in world population ▪ high ▪ … Collocations dictionary
Classical theory of growth and stagnation — Classical economics refers to work done by a group of economists in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The theories developed mainly focused on the way market economies functioned. Classical Economics study mainly concentrates on the… … Wikipedia
bar chart — bar charts N COUNT A bar chart is a graph which uses parallel rectangular shapes to represent changes in the size, value, or rate of something or to compare the amount of something relating to a number of different countries or groups. [mainly… … English dictionary
centile chart — a graph with lines showing average measurements of height, weight, and head circumference compared with age and sex, against which a child s physical development can be assessed. The lines of growth on the graph are called centiles, and the… … Medical dictionary
centile chart — a graph with lines showing average measurements of height, weight, and head circumference compared with age and sex, against which the physical development of a child or fetus can be assessed. The lines of growth on the graph are called centiles … The new mediacal dictionary
