See Also: high-risk(dictionary)
High Risk Loan(money)
High-risk pregnancy(health)
pregnancy, high-risk(medicine)
High-risk babies(health)
health risk assessment(medicine)
High Prairie Health Complex(health)
High Point Regional Health System(health)
ribitol(medicine)
ribitol(dictionary)

High-risk babies (health) and ribitol (iou)


High-risk babies (health)


Babies with a greater likelihood of developing an illness or dyingwithin the first few months of life. High-risk babies include those ofmothers infected with HIV or who have a drug or alcohol dependency.





ribitol (iou)



ribitol noun. M20.
[from RIBOSE + -ITOL.]
Chemistry. A colourless crystalline pentahydric alcohol, HOCH2(CHOH)3CH2OH, obtained by reduction of ribose and found uncombined in certain plants.
ribityl noun the radical HOCH2(CHOH)3CH2 M20.