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What does failure to thrive mean?

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Noun
  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see failure,‎ thrive.
  2. (uncountable, pediatrics) Poor physical growth or level of weight, relative to one's age peers.
  3. (medicine) Abnormal weight loss, malaise.
  4. (medicine) Instances of poor physical growth or of abnormal weight loss.
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And so the underground can represent the failure to thrive in the vertical city, sometimes literally.
Children with failure to thrive are identified by a fall across two centile channels or a fall below the second centile for at least three months.
Years ago, many of these children would have received diagnoses like colic or failure to thrive.
It is not known if maternal depression is associated with failure to thrive.
If signs of failure to thrive or dehydration appear, consult a lactation specialist and a physician.
Other Health Conditions: Other physical health conditions, such as untreated asthma or failure to thrive.

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