Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy: Damage to cells in the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord) from inadequate oxygen. Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy allegedly may cause death in the newborn period or result in what is later recognized as developmental delay, mental retardation, or cerebral palsy.
1 The choices for ethnicity are:  Hispanic or Latino. A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. The term âSpanish originâ can be used in addition to âHispanic or Latino.â.
White, black, asian, etc. are considered races of people. Ethnicity is a more specific term having to do with the person's cultural/tribal group, such as French, German, Chinese, etc. There can also be ethnic subgroups. For example, Bavarians could be considered an ethnic group within the German ethnicity.