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Definition of Infancy

1. Noun. The early stage of growth or development.

Definition of Infancy

1. n. The state or period of being an infant; the first part of life; early childhood.

Definition of Infancy

1. Noun. The earliest period of childhood (crawling rather than walking). ¹

2. Noun. The state of being an infant. ¹

3. Noun. An early stage in the development of, eg, some technology. ¹

4. Noun. (context: legal) The state of being a minor. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Infancy

1. the state of being an infant [n -CIES]

Medical Definition of Infancy

1. Babyhood; the earliest period of extrauterine life; roughly, the first year of life. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Infancy

Literary usage of Infancy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention by Religious Education Association (1907)
"The family has entire control of the human being during the years of infancy, before kindergarten, Sunday school, public school, or church begins to ..."

2. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention by Religious Education Association (1907)
"The family has entire control of the human being during the years of infancy, before kindergarten, Sunday school, public school, or church begins to ..."

3. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Simon Greenleaf (1899)
"infancy. § 362. infancy a Personal Privilege. infancy is a personal privilege or exception, to be taken advantage of only by the person himself; ..."

4. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Simon Greenleaf (1883)
"infancy. § 362. infancy a personal privilege. infancy is a personal privilege or exception, to be taken advantage of only by the person himself ; and the ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"The history of these cases showed that they had suffered from infancy ... Hirschsprung, in, communicated two cases of pyloric stenosis occurring in infancy, ..."

6. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1903)
"The author holds that myotonia is a neurosis distinct from tetany, and the pseudo-tetanus of Escherich and belongs to the early period of infancy. ..."

7. The Philosophy of Education: Being the Foundation of Education in the by Herman Harrell Horne (1907)
"The period of human infancy is prolonged beyond that of any other creature. ... In such a case there is no infancy, no period of helpless dependence on the ..."

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