Idiom
floppy infant syndrome
Meaning
Hypotonia.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Doctors check for floppy infant syndrome if a baby seems very weak.”
“The pediatrician performed a physical exam to determine if the baby's lack of muscle tone indicated floppy infant syndrome.”
“After observing the newborn's inability to maintain a flexed posture, the specialist initiated a series of diagnostic tests to investigate the possibility of floppy infant syndrome.”
Examples
simple
“Doctors check for floppy infant syndrome if a baby seems very weak.”
contextual
“The pediatrician performed a physical exam to determine if the baby's lack of muscle tone indicated floppy infant syndrome.”
complex
“After observing the newborn's inability to maintain a flexed posture, the specialist initiated a series of diagnostic tests to investigate the possibility of floppy infant syndrome.”
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