Pounds per square inch. The pound per square inch or, more accurately, pound-force per square inch (symbol: lbf/in2; abbreviation: psi) is a unit of pressure or of stress based on avoirdupois units. It is the pressure resulting from a force of one pound-force applied to an area of one square inch:
small for gesÂ·taÂ·tionÂ·al age. Infant whose birth weight is below the tenth percentile for gestational age. small for gestational age. SGA. 1. Term describing an infant whose birth weight is at or below the 10th percentile, as correlated with the number of weeks in utero on the intrauterine growth chart.
preemie, premature baby, premature infant, premie, preterm baby, preterm infant - an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation. SGA infant, small-for-gestational-age infant - an infant whose size and weight are considerably less than the average for babies of the same age.