LOW-BIRTH-WEIGHT BABY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An infant born weighing less than 5.5 pounds (2500 grams) regardless of gestational age

Example:

a low-birth-weight infant is at risk for developing lack of oxygen during labor

Synonyms:

low-birth-weight baby; low-birth-weight infant

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Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("low-birth-weight baby" is a kind of...):

neonate; newborn (a baby from birth to four weeks)

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