A decreased rate of skeletal maturation. Delayed skeletal maturation can be diagnosed on the basis of an estimation of the bone age from radiographs of specific bones in the human body. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0736-9199 ]
Synonyms: Delayed bone age Delayed skeletal development Delayed bone maturation Skeletal maturation retardation Delayed bone age before puberty Retarded bone age
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- has part some (
decreased rate and
characteristic of some (
bone maturation and
occurs in some skeleton) and
has modifier some abnormal)