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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

neonate Related Forms

ne′o·na′·tal adjective ne′o·na′·tally adverb

neonate Usage Examples

Possessives

behavior: We found that the neonates ' behavior raised the risk of subsequent depression in the vulnerable group of mothers over three-fold.

Converse of object

  • expose: Chickenpox is most serious for pregnant women, and immunocompromised individuals and exposed neonates, who are at risk of severe, disseminated disease.
  • bear: There are also particular challenges facing those caring for neonates born from multiple pregnancies.
  • include: This allows safe examination of all children, including neonates.
  • involve: However, none of the reported incidents involved neonates.
  • treat: The estimate was that cost savings of $ 3000 per treated neonate in intensive care resulted from the use of preterm steroids.
  • deliver: Awaiting the onset of labor appears to be beneficial in preventing respiratory morbidity in term neonates delivered by elective cesarean section.

Adjective modifier

  • premature: More premature neonates are likely to develop a more severe form of disease ( ' threshold disease ' ).
  • sick: It is a modern, well-equipped unit with all the high tech facilities needed to support pre-term and sick neonates.
  • human: Effects of delivery by cesarean section on lung mechanics and lung volume in the human neonate.
  • surgical: Regional anesthesia is a good way of achieving analgesia in surgical neonates.
  • high-risk: The main plank will be immunization of high-risk neonates.
  • disabled: An example might be an exceptionally severely disabled neonate who would derive no benefit from her continued existence.

Preposition: with

  • problem: Project Objectives The project will deal with two distinct groups, patients with cardiac problems and neonates with surgical problems.
  • disease: Why is no agglutination seen with unwashed red cells ( W ) from the neonate with haemolytic disease?

Noun used with modifier

  • term: Awaiting the onset of labor appears to be beneficial in preventing respiratory morbidity in term neonates delivered by elective cesarean section.
  • preterm: For example the MAC in preterm neonates for halothane is 0.87 percent compared to 1.20 in older infants.
  • risk: Maximum length sequence brainstem evoked response - a potentially sensitive means to detect neural dysfunction of the brain in high risk neonates.