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

Vein

 A blood vessel leading to the heart

Ventricles

 Small chambers; the two lower chambers of the heart; the central chambers in the brain

Virus

 A tiny organism that lives in the body which can multiply and cause an infection

Visual

 Having to do with sight

Vulnerable Child Syndrome

 A parent sees their infant or child as more vulnerable to illness or injury than the typical child

 

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