Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

small-for-gestational-age infant

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables
smal-l---for-ges-ta-tion-al-age in-fant
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
28
Letters
11
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

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

Synonyms

SGA infant

Questions

What does small-for-gestational-age infant mean?
an infant whose size and weight are considerably less than the average for babies of the same age

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