Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun low-birth-weight_infant

1 sense of low-birth-weight infant

Sense 1
low-birth-weight baby, low-birth-weight infant -- (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")
       => neonate, newborn, newborn infant, newborn baby -- (a baby from birth to four weeks)