Neonatal medicine
neonatal medicine n.
See neonatology.
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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; […]
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/ˌniːəʊˈneɪtɪˌsaɪd/ noun 1. the act of killing a baby in the first 24 hours of its life
- Neonatologist
[nee-oh-ney-tol-uh-jee] /ˌni oʊ neɪˈtɒl ə dʒi/ noun 1. the study of the development and disorders of newborn children. /ˌniːəʊnəˈtɒlədʒɪ/ noun 1. the branch of medicine concerned with the development and disorders of newborn babies n. branch of medicine concerned with newborn infants, 1960, from neonate “recently born infant” + -ology. neonatology ne·o·na·tol·o·gy (nē’ō-nā-tŏl’ə-jē) n. The […]