Usually means: Skin-to-skin newborn care method.
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  1. kangaroo care: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. kangaroo care: The Word Spy
  3. kangaroo care: Wiktionary
  4. kangaroo care: Dictionary.com
  5. Kangaroo care: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Kangaroo care: Merck Manuals
  2. A-Z Family health glossary (No longer online)
  3. kangaroo care: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (kangaroo care)

noun:  A technique practiced on newborn, usually premature, infants wherein the infant is held, skin-to-skin, with an adult.

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