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battered-child syndrome
(redirected from Spouse Syndrome)

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battered-child syndrome [¦bad·ərd ¦chīld ¦sin‚drōm]
(medicine)
A clinical condition in young children due to serious physical abuse, generally from a parent or foster parent.
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