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failure to thrive

failure to thrive noun: poor physical growth or level of weight, relative to one's age peers.

Noun

failure to thrive (usually uncountable, plural failures to thrive)

  1. (usually) Poor physical growth or level of weight, relative to one's age peers.
  2. (usually, chiefly geriatrics) Abnormal weight loss, malaise.
  3. (usually) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see failure, thrive.

failure to thrive meaning in Tamil

failure to thrive in Tamil

தேறத் தவறல்

Forms of failure to thrive

pluralfailures to thrive

Questions about failure to thrive

What does failure to thrive mean?
Failure to thrive means poor physical growth or level of weight, relative to one's age peers.
What is failure to thrive in Tamil?
Failure to thrive in Tamil is தேறத் தவறல். See Failure to thrive meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is failure to thrive?
Failure to thrive is a noun.
What is the plural of failure to thrive?
The plural of failure to thrive is failures to thrive.

Words near failure to thrive in the dictionary

  1. failure is the best teacher
  2. failure rate
  3. failure rates
  4. failure to launch
  5. failure to prepare is preparing to fail
  6. failure to thrive
  7. failureless
  8. failureproof
  9. failures
  10. failures to launch
  11. failures to thrive

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