blue baby

blue baby
blue baby n an infant with a bluish tint usu. from a congenital heart defect marked by mingling of venous and arterial blood

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a colloquial name, becoming obsolete, for an infant suffering from congenital cyanotic heart disease, the commonest forms of which are tetralogy of Fallot and transposition of the great vessels, in which the circulation is misdirected. Both of these conditions result in the presence of partially deoxygenated blood (which is blue in colour) in the peripheral circulation, which gives the skin and lips a characteristic purple colour. Surgical correction is often possible at an early stage. If untreated, infants may survive months or years with persistent cyanosis.

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an infant born with cyanosis due to a congenital heart lesion.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • Blue Baby — Blue Ba|by 〈[blu: be:bi] n.; s, s; Med.〉 Neugeborenes mit angeborenem schweren Herzfehler, das deshalb zur Blausucht neigt [<engl. blue „blau“ + baby „Neugeborenes, Säugling“] * * * Blue|ba|by, [ blu: beɪbɪ], das; s, s, (auch:) Blue Ba|by,… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • blue baby — blue babies N COUNT A blue baby is a baby whose skin is slightly blue because it has been born with something wrong with its heart …   English dictionary

  • Blue baby — [blu̱ be̱ibi; engl. blue = blau u. engl. baby = Kind] s; s, babies [...bis]: „blaues Kind“, Kind, dessen Hautfarbe auf Grund eines angeborenen Herzfehlers (und damit zusammenhängender verminderter Sauerstoffsättigung) bläulich aussieht …   Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke

  • blue baby — blue .baby n a baby whose skin is slightly blue when it is born because it has a heart problem …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • blue baby — noun count a baby whose skin looks blue when it is born because of a heart problem …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Blue Baby — Blue Ba|by [ blu:beibi] das; s, s <aus engl. blue baby, eigtl. »blaues Kind«, zu blue »blau«> Kind, dessen Hautfarbe aufgrund eines angeborenen Herzfehlers bläulich aussieht (Med.) …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • blue baby — ☆ blue baby n. a baby born with cyanosis as a result of pulmonary malfunction or a heart malformation that allows venous blood to mix with arterial blood …   English World dictionary

  • blue baby — noun an infant born with a bluish color; usually has a defective heart • Hypernyms: ↑baby, ↑babe, ↑infant * * * noun, pl ⋯ bies [count] : a baby that has bluish skin usually because its heart is not working correctly * * * ˌblue ˈbaby [blue baby] …   Useful english dictionary

  • blue baby — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms blue baby : singular blue baby plural blue babies a baby whose skin looks blue when it is born because of a heart problem …   English dictionary

  • blue baby — noun A baby born with cyanosis as a result of a congenital defect See Also: blue baby syndrome …   Wiktionary

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