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noun
A technique practiced on newborn, usually premature, infants wherein the infant is held, skin-to-skin, with an adult.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: kangaroo mother care
Antonyms: none provided
History
In reference to the kangaroo's young living in the mother's pouch.
