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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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Other Health Conditions: Other physical health conditions, such as untreated asthma or failure to thrive.
Years ago, many of these children would have received diagnoses like colic or failure to thrive.
Associated symptoms included hypotonia, muscle weakness and failure to thrive.
It is not known if maternal depression is associated with failure to thrive.
There were reports of early neglect, deprivation and emotional abuse, resulting in global developmental delays and failure to thrive.
A number of factors are thought to contribute to the St. Lawrence River beluga's failure to thrive.

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