Go-backs
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Go-backs is a noun meaning plural of go-back.
Meaning
plural of go-back.
More Meanings
- (dated, US) A supposed disease of children causing weight loss and lack of growth.
Example Sentences
If the length of the string is an exact multiple of the length of the foot, nothing is wrong, but if there is a remainder, however small, the baby has the Go-backs, and the extent of the malady is proportional to this remainder.
The scales are not yet asked to give a casting vote, but the gap between the growth which mother wants and that which baby yields seems to widen, and the reason becomes more and more mysterious until some wiser dame whispers the dreaded words: "It has the Go-backs," and others echo, "It has the Go-backs."
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include retropulsion, retardism, auxopathy, slows, ateliosis, stunting.
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