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liveborn infant (medicine)


liveborn infant
<obstetrics> The product of a livebirth; an infant who shows evidence of life after birth.

Life is considered to be present after birth if any one of the following is observed: 1) if the infant breathes; 2) if the infant shows beating of the heart; 3) if pulsation of the umbilical cord occurs; or 4) if there is definite movement of voluntary muscles.


thunk (iou)



thunk noun1, verb1 & adverb. M20.
[Imit.]
A. noun. A sound of a dull blow or impact, as of solid bodies colliding. Also as interjection. M20.
b. verb intrans. Make a thunk; fall or land with a thunk. M20.
C. adverb. With a thunk. L20.