adiponecrosis neonatorum
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adiponecrosis neonatorum
[¦ad·ə·pō·nə′krō·səs ‚nē·ō·nə′tȯr·əm] (medicine)
Localized fatty-tissue necrosis occurring in large, healthy infants born after difficult labor.
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