(Of a newborn infant or a fetus) having a weight or other measurements less than expected at the presumed gestational age; exhibiting retarded intrauterine growth.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in The British Medical Journal.
Definition of small-for-dates in US English:
small-for-dates
adjective
(Of a newborn infant or a fetus) having a weight or other measurements less than expected at the presumed gestational age; exhibiting retarded intrauterine growth.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in The British Medical Journal.