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Failure to thrive

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Failure to thrive (FTT) refers to a child whose physical growth is substantially below the norm. [ HPO:probinson ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • UMLS:C2315100
  • UMLS:C0231246
  • SNOMEDCT_US:36440009
  • SNOMEDCT_US:432788009
comment

Although there is no clear consensus on the exact definition of FTT, it is usually diagnoses in a child growing below the 3rd percentile or in a child whose decreased growth has cross two major growth percentiles (for example, from above the 75th percentile to below the 25th percentile).

definition

Failure to thrive (FTT) refers to a child whose physical growth is substantially below the norm.

has alternative id

HP:0008916, HP:0001535, HP:0008853, HP:0008878

has broad synonym

Undergrowth

has exact synonym

Weight faltering, Faltering weight, Postnatal failure to thrive

has related synonym

Poor weight gain

id

HP:0001508

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