dummy foal syndrome

noun

Neonatal maladjustment syndrome.

Meanings

noundummy foal syndrome (uncountable)
  1. informaluncountablebiologyNeonatal maladjustment syndrome.

Origin

From dummy foal + syndrome, due to its sufferers being dubbed dummy foals.

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