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nipple-confused

nipple-confused adjective: affected by nipple confusion; having difficulty in switching between feeding on maternal nipples and artificial nipples.

Adjective

nipple-confused (not comparable)

  1. Affected by nipple confusion; having difficulty in switching between feeding on maternal nipples and artificial nipples.

Questions about nipple-confused

What does nipple-confused mean?
Nipple-confused means affected by nipple confusion; having difficulty in switching between feeding on maternal nipples and artificial nipples.
What part of speech is nipple-confused?
Nipple-confused is an adjective.

Words near nipple-confused in the dictionary

  1. nipple pasty
  2. nipple shield
  3. nipple shields
  4. nipple wrench
  5. nipple wrenches
  6. nipple-confused
  7. nipple-dilated
  8. nipple-dilation
  9. nippled
  10. nipplefruit
  11. nipplefruits

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