grey baby syndrome

A form of gray baby syndrome — A rare but dangerous condition in newborn infants given the antibiotic chloramphenicol, characterized among other symptoms by an ashen gray color of the skin.

Meanings

noungrey baby syndrome (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of gray baby syndrome.
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