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.
It is generally accepted practice in the federal government â Census Bureau , FDA , Department of Education , Department of Defense â to distinguish between race and ethnicity , acknowledging that race refers to a population âs physical characteristics while ethnicity speaks to â social groups with a shared history , sense of identity , geography , ...