battered child (redirected from Spouse Syndrome)

bat·tered child (btrd)

n.

A child upon whom multiple, continuing, often serious nonaccidental injuries have been inflicted.

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battered child

Abused child, battered baby Pediatrics A young child, often under age 3, who has been repeatedly and severely neglected by caretakers; BCs have signs of multiple episodes of trauma–eg, subdural hematomas, fractures, bruises in various stages of healing, often with FTT and chronic malnutrition See Child abuse.