低てい出しゅっ生せい体たい重じゅう児じ

Related words

• 未み熟じゅく児じ

  未熟児 (premature infant) focuses on gestational age, while 低出生体重児 focuses on birth weight regardless of gestational age.

• 新しん生せい児じ

  新生児 (newborn) is a broader term for any infant in the first 28 days of life, not specifically about weight.

Written forms

• 低出生体重児
  • ていしゅっせいたいじゅうじ

    Standard kanji form; the reading ていしゅっせいたいじゅうじ is the most common pronunciation.

  • ていしゅっしょうたいじゅうじ

    Alternate reading using しゅっしょう for 出生; less common but valid.

• ていしゅっしょうたいじゅうじ

Etymology

Compound of 低 (low) + 出生 (birth) + 体重 (body weight) + 児 (infant). A straightforward medical term.