LOW-BIRTH-WEIGHT BABY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does low-birth-weight baby mean? 

• LOW-BIRTH-WEIGHT BABY (noun)
  The noun LOW-BIRTH-WEIGHT BABY has 1 sense:

1. an infant born weighing less than 5.5 pounds (2500 grams) regardless of gestational age

  Familiarity information: LOW-BIRTH-WEIGHT BABY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOW-BIRTH-WEIGHT BABY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

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

Context example:

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

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

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