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kangaroo care

kangaroo care noun: a technique practiced on newborn, usually premature, infants wherein the infant is held, skin-to-skin, with an adult.

Noun

kangaroo care (uncountable)

  1. A technique practiced on newborn, usually premature, infants wherein the infant is held, skin-to-skin, with an adult.

Synonyms of kangaroo care

Origin of kangaroo care

In reference to the kangaroo's young living in the mother's pouch.

Questions about kangaroo care

What does kangaroo care mean?
Kangaroo care means a technique practiced on newborn, usually premature, infants wherein the infant is held, skin-to-skin, with an adult.
What part of speech is kangaroo care?
Kangaroo care is a noun.

Words near kangaroo care in the dictionary

  1. kangaroo bars
  2. kangaroo beetle
  3. kangaroo beetles
  4. kangaroo camp
  5. kangaroo camps
  6. kangaroo care
  7. kangaroo closure
  8. kangaroo closures
  9. kangaroo code
  10. kangaroo court
  11. kangaroo courts

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