: one or more of a group of symptoms (as limb paralysis, epilepsy, vision loss, or intellectual disability) that tend to occur in an infant which has been severely shaken but that may also result from other actions (as tossing) causing internal trauma (as hemorrhage, hematoma, or contusions) especially to the brain region, and that may ultimately result in the death of the infant
called also shaken infant syndrome
compare battered child syndromeDictionary Entries Near shaken baby syndrome
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“Shaken baby syndrome.” Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/shaken%20baby%20syndrome. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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