To warrant an assault and battery 2nd degree charge, the accused person injures another person, or offers or attempts to injure another person with the present ability to do so and: 1  The victim is moderately injured or the victim could have been moderately injured; OR.
Hypo-: Prefix meaning low, under, beneath, down, or below normal, as in hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and hyposensitivity (undersensitivity). The opposite of hypo-is hyper-.
Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, or HIE, is the brain injury caused by oxygen deprivation to the brain, also commonly known as intrapartum asphyxia. The newbornâs body can compensate for brief periods of depleted oxygen, but if the asphyxia lasts too long, brain tissue is destroyed.