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

Secretions

 Fluid produced in the nose or airway that are normal unless produced in excess and interfere with air flow

Sibling

 A brother or sister

Side effect

 A secondary effect of a medication or therapy; usually undesirable

State

 Level of awareness (deep sleep, light sleep, drowsy, quiet alert, active alert, and crying)

Suction

 The removal of mucus from the nose and mouth

Supine

 Lying on the back

Surfactant

 The substance formed in the lungs that helps keep the small air sacs (alveoli) from collapsing

Swaddling

 Securely wrapping a baby in a light blanket to calm him

 

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