neonatal

Variant of neonate

neonate definition

neo·nate (nē′ō nāt′, nē′ə-)

noun

a newly-born individual, esp. an infant during its first month of life

Etymology: ModL neonatus < neo-, neo- + L natus, born: see nature

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