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heart baby

heart baby noun: a baby born with a heart condition.

Noun

heart baby (plural heart babies)

  1. (informal) A baby born with a heart condition.
    • The parents had several children who were healthy and now a heart baby. Their baby's heart could be repaired however and I thought it was depressing to talk to the mother of the other child. I knew that Jason's heart couldn't be repaired.2014, Tedi Tuttle Wixom, A Whisper of Spring time: Jason’s Heart Transplant Miracle
    • Later I was admitted to the hospital to learn how to care for a “heart” baby before he was discharged, and the doctors came in to deliver conflicting reports.2010, Laura C. Bower, WordSpeak: His Word, Your Voice, page 31

Forms of heart baby

pluralheart babies

Questions about heart baby

What does heart baby mean?
Heart baby means a baby born with a heart condition.
What part of speech is heart baby?
Heart baby is a noun.
What is the plural of heart baby?
The plural of heart baby is heart babies.

Words near heart baby in the dictionary

  1. heart attack
  2. heart attack on a plate
  3. heart attacks
  4. heart attacks on a plate
  5. heart babies
  6. heart baby
  7. heart balm
  8. heart balms
  9. heart beat
  10. heart beats
  11. heart block

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