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Lancaster Glossary of Child Development

Infancy/infant

Posted byBrian Hopkins May 22, 2019

From the Latin ‘infans’ meaning incapable of speech; the developmental period extending from birth to about 2 years of age and which is thus demarcated by the acquisition of articulated speech. 

See Embryo, Fetus, Newborn, Toddlers

Posted byBrian HopkinsMay 22, 2019Posted inUncategorizedTags: glossary

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