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battered child syndrome
noun[ U ]
medical specializeduk /ˌbæt.əd ˈtʃaɪld ˌsɪn.drəʊm/ us /ˌbæt̬.ɚd ˈtʃaɪld ˌsɪn.droʊm/
a combination of serious injuries seen in a young child who has been repeatedly hit or badly treated:
These injuries are more common in infants, and are the result of battered child syndrome.
Almost half of the cases in which infants were hospitalized or killed were a result of battered child syndrome.
The baby's injuries were found consistent with battered child syndrome.
The report describes the acquittal of a teenager suffering from battered child syndrome who was charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of his father.
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