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off feeds

phrase

A2CEFR level
20/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

Describing an infant who is refusing or taking much less milk than usual, often an early sign of illness.

He has been off his feeds since yesterday and is much less alert than normal.

Similar: feeding poorly

Topic: Paediatrics in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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