English Explanatory Dictionary

failure to thrive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Poor physical growth or level of weight, relative to one's age peers.
Abnormal weight loss, malaise.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see failure, thrive.

Word forms

failure to thrive failures to thrive

Related words

failure to launch ill-thrift

Translations

French: retard de croissance German: Gedeihstörung Serbo-Croatian: zastoj u rastu i razvoju

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