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neonatal abstinence syndrome

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables
neona-tal ab-sti-nence syn-drome
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
5
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A withdrawal syndrome of infants after birth, caused by in-utero exposure to dependence-forming drugs.

Uncountable

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What does neonatal abstinence syndrome mean?
A withdrawal syndrome of infants after birth, caused by in-utero exposure to dependence-forming drugs.

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