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; recently born 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

[neo– + Latin nātus, past participle of nāscī, to be born; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]

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Examples

  • Elective caesarean section and respiratory morbidity in the term and near-term neonate.

    The Official Lamaze® Guide Judith Lothian RN 2010

  • 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

  • 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.

    Giant Neck Masses (GNM), Cervical Teratoma 2010

  • The program keeps neonatologists and neonatal healthcare providers up-to-date with the latest therapies used to treat the sick neonate.

    Information for Healthcare Professionals 2010

  • The program keeps neonatologists and neonatal healthcare providers up-to-date with the latest therapies used to treat the sick neonate.

    Information for Healthcare Professionals 2010

  • Cytokines and inflammatory response in the fetus and neonate.

    Recent Neonatal Research Publications 2010

  • A shunt infection can be devastating for the neonate or premature infant, especially when it involves gram-negative organisms.

    Hydrocephalus 2010

  • 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

  • “Separation distress call in the human neonate in the absence of maternal body contact.”

    The Official Lamaze® Guide Judith Lothian RN 2010

  • Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus necrotizing fasciitis in a neonate.

    SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

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