English Dictionary

failure to thrive

noun

(pediatrics) Poor physical growth or level of weight, relative to one's age peers. / (medicine, chiefly geriatrics) Abnormal weight loss, malaise.

The baby's failure to thrive was a cause for concern.

意味（1）

(pediatrics) Poor physical growth or level of weight, relative to one's age peers.

意味（2）

(medicine, chiefly geriatrics) Abnormal weight loss, malaise.

意味（3）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see failure, thrive.