low-birth-weight baby

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low-birth-weight baby - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  low-birth-weight baby
      n 1: 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, low-birth-weight infant]