Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A newborn infant, especially one less than four weeks old.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A newborn child, especially one less than one month old.
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- noun A
newborn infant ; recentlyborn baby.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a baby from birth to four weeks
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Elective caesarean section and respiratory morbidity in the term and near-term neonate.
The Official Lamaze® Guide Judith Lothian RN 2010
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Moreover, the use of this time in culture also matches up to brain growth rate in full-term neonate
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Fang-Yu Chang et al. 2009
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Unsuspected obstructive fetal neck masses often prove fatal because of an inability to secure an airway and ventilate the neonate, which results in hypoxia and acidosis.
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The program keeps neonatologists and neonatal healthcare providers up-to-date with the latest therapies used to treat the sick neonate.
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The program keeps neonatologists and neonatal healthcare providers up-to-date with the latest therapies used to treat the sick neonate.
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Cytokines and inflammatory response in the fetus and neonate.
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A shunt infection can be devastating for the neonate or premature infant, especially when it involves gram-negative organisms.
Hydrocephalus 2010
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So F, who has seen the photographs of himself as a neonate from 1999, is keen to be woken up in time for this one.
Getting up in the middle of the night nwhyte 2008
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“Separation distress call in the human neonate in the absence of maternal body contact.”
The Official Lamaze® Guide Judith Lothian RN 2010
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Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus necrotizing fasciitis in a neonate.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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