birth injuries meaning

[Medicine]
Mechanical or anoxic trauma incurred by the infant during labor or delivery.

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1. Fracture of the clavicle is the most common birth injury.
2. Birth injury cases are a subset of medical malpractice cases.
3. Doll directed research in birth injuries, EEG techniques, and adaptive behavior.
4. As a result of a birth injury she developed severe athetoid cerebral palsy.
5. Birth injuries may be unavoidable or they may be attributable to medical negligence.