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shaken baby syndrome

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables
shak-en baby syn-drome
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A trauma on the head that occurs when a child is violently shaken, creating a whiplash-type motion that causes acceleration-deceleration injuries, often without external signs of trauma.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

shaken baby syndromes (plural)

Synonyms

SBS battered baby syndrome battered child syndrome

Questions

What does shaken baby syndrome mean?
A trauma on the head that occurs when a child is violently shaken, creating a whiplash-type motion that causes acceleration-deceleration injuries, often without external signs of trauma.

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