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birth weight
(redirected from Low birth-weight)

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birth weight or birth·weight (bûrthwt)
n.
The weight of an infant at birth.


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Racism may be a contributing factor to low birth-weights in African American infants.
The study did suggest an association between protease inhibitors and very low birth-weight babies, but only the women who were most ill were treated with protease inhibitors, and the severity of the illness was thought to be responsible for the lower birthweight, as opposed to the drug itself [1].
 
 
 
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