Low birth weight paradox — The low birth weight paradox is an apparently paradoxical observation relating to the birth weights and mortality of children born to tobacco smoking mothers. Low birth weight children born to smoking mothers have a lower infant mortality rate… … Wikipedia
low-birth-weight baby — noun an infant born weighing less than 5.5 pounds (2500 grams) regardless of gestational age a low birth weight infant is at risk for developing lack of oxygen during labor • Syn: ↑low birth weight infant • Hypernyms: ↑neonate, ↑newborn, ↑newborn … Useful english dictionary
low-birth-weight infant — noun an infant born weighing less than 5.5 pounds (2500 grams) regardless of gestational age a low birth weight infant is at risk for developing lack of oxygen during labor • Syn: ↑low birth weight baby • Hypernyms: ↑neonate, ↑newborn, ↑newborn… … Useful english dictionary
Extremely low birth weight baby — A baby born very prematurely weighing between 401 and 1000 grams (about 14 to 35 ounces) at birth. Extremely low birth weight (ELBW) babies are at the lower limits of viability. If ELBW babies survive, they are at elevated risk for neurological… … Medical dictionary
moderately low birth weight (MLBW) infant — an infant weighing at least 1500 but less than 2500 grams at birth. See also low birth weight i … Medical dictionary
very low birth weight (VLBW) infant — an infant weighing less than 1000 grams at birth. See also low birth weight i … Medical dictionary
low birth weight (LBW) infant — an infant weighing less than 2500 grams at birth … Medical dictionary
Birth weight — is the weight of a baby at its birth. It has direct links with the gestational age at which the child was born and can be estimated during the pregnancy by measuring fundal height. A baby born within the normal range of weight for that… … Wikipedia
weight — noun 1 amount sth weighs ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, enormous, great, heavy, immense ▪ light ▪ extra ▪ … Collocations dictionary
Weight loss — Classification and external resources ICD 9 783.21 For the episode of the American version of The Office, see Weight Loss (The Office). Weight loss, in the context of medicine, health or phys … Wikipedia
