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Blue Baby
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blue baby
Type: Term Definitions: 1. common or obsolete term for a child born cyanotic because of a congenital cardiac or pulmonary defect causing incomplete oxygenation of the blood. Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=9073
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blue baby
[n] - an infant born with a bluish color Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=blue%20baby
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Blue baby
An infant with a bluish tint. Usually from a congenital heart defect in which venous blood (looks blue as the oxygen has been extracted) and arterial blood (looks red as it is rich in oxygen) are mingled
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Blue baby
Blue baby: A baby who is cyanotic (blue), due usually to a heart malformation that prevents the baby's blood from being fully oxygenated. The bluish color reflects the deoxygenated state of the blood. (Oxygenated blood is red.) Sometimes the term 'blue baby' is also applied to a child who is cyanoti... Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=24529
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blue baby
A baby born with various defects in the structure of the heart and major blood vessels such as tetralogy of Fallot and transposition of the great vessels. The net result is the inability to oxygenate the blood resulting in cyanosis (bluish discolouration to the skin). Immediate surgical procedures a... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?blue+baby
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blue baby
noun an infant born with a bluish color; usually has a defective heart Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=blue%20baby
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blue baby
an infant born with cyanosis, a bluish color due to abnormally low concentration of oxygen in the circulating blood, usually due to one or more defect(s) of the heart or great vessels. See also congenital heart defect. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
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Blue Baby
An infant born with a bluish tint of the skin due to inadequate supply of oxygen in the blood. The condition is caused by a developmental defect, such as ab abnormal opening within the heart or transposition of the main arteries that leave the heart. The disorder allows the venous blood and arterial... Found op http://www.pregnology.com/AZ/B/4
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blue baby
blue baby, infant born with a congenital heart defect that causes a bluish coloration of the skin as a result of cyanosis (deoxygenated blood). The color is most noticeable around the lips and at the tips of the fingers and toes. The cyanotic condition occurs when a large portion of the venous blood... Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0807970.html
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blueberry muffin baby
Type: Term Definitions: 1. an infant with purple skin lesions the appearance of which has been compared with that with a blueberry muffin. Lesions are caused by dermal erythropoiesis and are seen in congenital infections such as cytomegalovirus, toxoplasmosis, or rubella. The infection interferes wi... Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=9074
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blueberry muffin baby
Jaundice and purpura, especially of the face in the newborn, which may result from intrauterine viral infection. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?blueberry+muffin+baby
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Blueberry Muffin Baby
The occurence of yellowish and purple patches on the skin of a newborn. It may be the result of an intrauterine viral infection that is transmitted from the mother through the placenta. Found op http://www.pregnology.com/AZ/B/4
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Blueberry muffin baby
Blueberry muffin baby is a term used to describe the characteristic distributed purpura due to extramedullary hematopoiesis found in infants.{rp|826} It was originally considered characteristic of rubella, but is now considered to be potentially associated with many other conditions, such as cytome... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blueberry_muffin_baby
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