failure to thrive

A medical term used to describe an infant or young child who has experienced delays in physical growth, for a variety of possible reasons. I'm a bit concerned about little Howie's failure to thrive, so I want you to bring him back the office next week for further examination.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Euaristos	-	Ancient Greek
Leonore	le-o-NO-rə	German
Cassandra	kə-SAN-drə (English), kə-SAHN-drə (English), kahs-SAHN-drah (Italian)	English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, German, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Shaye	SHAY	English (Rare)
PrzemysŁAw	pzhe-MIS-wahf	Polish
Pancho	PAHN-cho	Spanish