shaken baby syndrome

shaken baby syndrome also shaken infant syndrome   n.  A syndrome in infants in which brain injury is caused by shaking of such violence that the child's brain rebounds against the skull, resulting in bruising, swelling, and bleeding of the brain and often leading to permanent, severe brain damage or death.

Main Entry: shak·en baby syndrome
Pronunciation: 'shA-k&n-
Function: noun
: one or more of a group of symptoms (as limb paralysis, epilepsy,vision loss, or mental retardation) that tend to occur in an infant which has been severely shaken but that may also result from other actions (as tossing) causing internal trauma (as hemorrhage,hematoma, or contusions) especially to the brain region, and that may ultimately result in the death of the infant called also shaken infant syndrome; —compare BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME

shaken baby syndrome shak·en baby syndrome (shā'kən)
n.
A syndrome in infants in which brain injury is caused by shaking of such violence that the child's brain rebounds against the skull, resulting in bruising, swelling, and bleeding of the brain and often leading to permanent, severe brain damage or death.

shaken baby syndrome   (shā'kən)  Pronunciation Key  A condition in infants in which brain injury is caused by violent shaking that causes the child's brain to rebound against the skull. This results in bruising, swelling, and bleeding of the brain, often leading to permanent, severe brain damage or death.