Associations to the word «Delayed»

Wiktionary

DELAYED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of delay
DELAYED MISCARRIAGE, noun. A missed abortion.
DELAYED PUBERTY, noun. (medicine) Absence of any signs of puberty by a specified age such as 14 years or 2.5 standard deviations above the mean age at onset of puberty in a population.
DELAYED SLEEP PHASE DISORDER, noun. A circadian rhythm sleep disorder in which the subject falls asleep some hours after midnight and has difficulty waking up in the morning.

Dictionary definition

DELAYED, adjective. Not as far along as normal in development.

Wise words

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