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Noun: low-birth-weight baby
  1. An infant born weighing less than 5.5 pounds (2500 grams)
    "a low-birth-weight baby is at risk for developing lack of oxygen during labour";
    - low-birth-weight infant

Derived forms: low-birth-weight babies

Type of: neonate, newborn