See Also: iugr- phenotypes(medicine)
iugr- aetiology(medicine)

ferous (iou) and iugr- phenotypes (medicine)


ferous (iou)



-ferous suffix. Also (see below) -iferous.
[Repr. French -fere or Latin -fer carrying, bearing (see -FER) + -OUS.]
Forming (usu. with intermediate -I-) adjectives with the sense 'having, containing, or carrying', as auriferous, fructiferous, pestiferous, etc.

iugr- phenotypes (medicine)


iugr: phenotypes
<radiology> Pure symmetrical IUGR, low profile IUGR, proportionate reduction of all foetal measurements, aetiology: intrisic alteration in growth potential, severe nutritional deprivation overwhelming protective brain-sparing mechanism occuring prior to 26 weeks and persisting until delivery assymetrical IUGR, late flattening IUGR (75%), disproportionate reduction of foetal measurements due to uteroplacental insufficiency with preferential shunting of blood to foetal brain, high HC (head circumference)/AC (abdominal circumference) and FL (femur length)/AC ratios see also: intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR)