kangaroo care

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

In reference to the kangaroo's young living in the mother's pouch.

Noun[edit]

kangaroo care (uncountable)

  1. A technique practiced on newborn, usually premature, infants wherein the infant is held, skin-to-skin, with an adult.

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