SMALL-FOR-GESTATIONAL-AGE INFANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does small-for-gestational-age infant mean? 

• SMALL-FOR-GESTATIONAL-AGE INFANT (noun)
  The noun SMALL-FOR-GESTATIONAL-AGE INFANT has 1 sense:

1. an infant whose size and weight are considerably less than the average for babies of the same age

  Familiarity information: SMALL-FOR-GESTATIONAL-AGE INFANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SMALL-FOR-GESTATIONAL-AGE INFANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An infant whose size and weight are considerably less than the average for babies of the same age

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

SGA infant; small-for-gestational-age infant

Hypernyms ("small-for-gestational-age infant" is a kind of...):

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