Definition of crack baby
:an infant subjected to prolonged exposure to crack cocaine in the mother's womb
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1986
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crack baby
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: a baby who is not strong and healthy at birth and whose mother used crack cocaine while she was pregnant
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crack baby
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medical Definition of crack baby
:an infant subjected to prolonged exposure to crack cocaine in the mother's womb
- “Crack babies” are afflicted by their mothers' addiction, but research indicates those children are not significantly more difficult to rear or educate than children exposed to other addictive substances such as tobacco, alcohol and other drugs.
- —Wes Hasden, The Chattanooga (Tennessee) Times Free Press, 13 Apr. 2001
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