Glossary

Reprinted with permission from "Your Premature Baby and Child" by Amy E. Tracy and Dianne I. Maroney (Berkley, 1999)

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Toy block

Laryngomalacia

 The larynx is abnormally soft or "floppy" and collapses during breathing

Larynx

 The upper part of the trachea (the windpipe), which contains the vocal cords

Let-down reflex

 Hormone release that causes a mothers breastmilk to go into the holding reservoirs behind the nipples

 

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