Neonatal hepatitis
neonatal hepatitis n.
Hepatitis of unknown cause characterized by the onset of obstructive jaundice in the first few weeks of life and marked by hepatocyte degeneration and the appearance of multinucleated giant cells in the liver.
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- Neonate
[nee-uh-neyt] /ˈni əˌneɪt/ noun 1. a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days. /ˈniːəʊˌneɪt/ noun 1. a newborn child, esp in the first week of life and up to four weeks old n. “recently born infant,” 1905, coined from neo- + Latin natus “born,” past participle of nasci “be born” (Old Latin gnasci; […]