"babygram" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: babygrams [plural]
Etymology: From baby + -gram. Etymology templates: {{af|en|baby|-gram}} baby + -gram Head templates: {{en-noun}} babygram (plural babygrams)
  1. (informal, medicine) An X-ray of the entire body of an infant. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Medicine

Inflected forms

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