birth trauma

noun

1
: physical injury (as cephalhematoma, facial paralysis, or clavicular fracture) sustained by an infant in the process of birth
2
: the psychic shock that according to some psychoanalytic theories occurs in an infant during birth

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“Birth trauma.” Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/birth%20trauma. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.

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