Brazelton

Braz·el·ton

[braz-uhl-tuhn]
noun
Brazelton behavioral scale: a test widely used to evaluate infants' responses to environmental stimuli.
Also called Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale.


Origin:
after T. Berry Brazelton (born 1918), U.S. physician, who devised it

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