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

A young child, often under age 3, who has been repeatedly and severely neglected by caretakers. Battered children have signs of multiple episodes of trauma—e.g., subdural haematomas, fractures, bruises in various stages of healing—often with failure to thrive and chronic malnutrition

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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.