neonatal
adjective
neo·na·tal
ˌnē-ō-ˈnā-tᵊl 
: of, relating to, or affecting the newborn and especially the human infant during the first month after birth
neonatal mortality
neonatal intensive care unit
Examples of neonatal in a Sentence
a neonatal intensive care unit
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Lab director Jason Dworkin and Danny Glavin, a senior scientist for NASA’s sample return missions, meet me just outside what’s known as a white room, which because of constant air filtering and limited personnel has air as free of dust and bacteria as a neonatal intensive-care unit.
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Linda Shiner, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2024
Pumping and Lactation Duration Deanna Nardella, MD, and her team work in pediatric primary care clinics and neonatal intensive care units.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 8 Aug. 2024
Earlier this year, the North Miami-Dade hospital, 1100 NW 95th St., closed its critical but costly labor and delivery, neonatal, and behavioral health units to try and stop its financial bleeding.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 19 July 2024
Rushed to the neonatal intensive care unit in critical condition and intubated, Alexander died at 10:58 p.m. on Feb. 18 after being transferred Yale New Haven Hospital.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 31 July 2024
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Linda Shiner, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2024
Pumping and Lactation Duration Deanna Nardella, MD, and her team work in pediatric primary care clinics and neonatal intensive care units.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 8 Aug. 2024
Earlier this year, the North Miami-Dade hospital, 1100 NW 95th St., closed its critical but costly labor and delivery, neonatal, and behavioral health units to try and stop its financial bleeding.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 19 July 2024
Rushed to the neonatal intensive care unit in critical condition and intubated, Alexander died at 10:58 p.m. on Feb. 18 after being transferred Yale New Haven Hospital.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 31 July 2024
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neonatal
adjective
neo·na·tal
ˌnē-ō-ˈnāt-ᵊl
: of, relating to, or affecting the newborn and especially the human infant during the first month after birth
neonatal jaundice
neonatal death
compare prenatal, intranatal, postnatal
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