Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
an infant born weighing less than 5.5 pounds (2500 grams) regardless of gestational age;
- Example: "a low-birth-weight infant is at risk for developing lack of oxygen during labor"[syn: low-birth-weight baby, low-birth-weight infant]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
low-birth-weight baby
n 1: an infant born weighing less than 5.5 pounds (2500 grams)
regardless of gestational age; "a low-birth-weight infant
is at risk for developing lack of oxygen during labor"
[syn: low-birth-weight baby, low-birth-weight infant]