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低出生体重児 (ていしゅっせいたいじゅうじ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

低てい出しゅっ生せい体たい重じゅう児じ

also: ていしゅっしょうたいじゅうじ

Meanings

1

noun

low birth weight infant; LBWI

medicine

Medical term for an infant born weighing less than 2,500 grams. Used in clinical and public health contexts.

低てい出しゅっ生せい体たい重じゅう児じは、出しゅっ生しょう時じの体たい重じゅうが2500グラム未み満まんの新しん生せい児じを指さします。
A low birth weight infant refers to a newborn weighing less than 2,500 grams at birth.
低てい出しゅっ生せい体たい重じゅう児じのケアには特とく別べつな注ちゅう意いが必ひつ要ようです。
Special care is needed for low birth weight infants.

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

Kanji

低lower, short, humble

exit, leave, go out

生life, genuine, birth

体body, substance, object

重heavy, important, esteem

児newborn babe, child, young of animals

Similar 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.

Etymology

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