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newborn Definition

new·born (no̵̅o̅bôrn′, nyo̵̅o̅-)

adjective

  1. recently born
  2. reborn

Etymology: ME

noun

a recently born infant
newborn Synonyms

newborn

modif.

infant, recent, new; see fresh 1, young 1.

newborn Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • include: Everyone is at risk for Lyme disease, including newborns.
  • screen: Infant Hearing Screening - Stresses the importance of screening newborns for hearing loss.
  • help: The reason, it turns out, is that mother's milk actively helps newborns avoid disease in a variety of ways.

Adjective modifier

  • affected: Affected newborns may have a rapid pulse, heart failure, and severe weight loss with failure to thrive.
  • other: These isolated babies hear nothing but the crying of other newborns.
  • healthy: Of the 17 patients with quintuplets or more, 10 ( 59 % ) delivered live and healthy newborns.
  • human: Laterality in human newborns Prof Brian Hopkins From Swedish Foundation for University Research.
  • slim: Three sizes, plus extra small for premature and slim newborns.
  • sick: Conditions to address Some premature babies or sick newborns may have to remain in the special baby unit for several weeks or even months.

Modifies a noun

  • baby: Some newborn babies need a little extra special care.
  • infant: Neonatal Unit Provides three levels of care for newborn infants born either prematurely or who are sick at birth.
  • babe: Silence is the mother singing to her newborn babe.
  • screening: Newborn hearing screening checks all children within the first few days of life.
  • lamb: Fancy roaming the hills, tagging every single newborn lamb - twice!
  • piglet: There was a hunchbacked, goggle-eyed creature behind a desk, with glasses which made his eyes look like a newborn piglet 's.

Modifying Another Word

  • even: All members of your family, even newborn babies, must have their own card.

Used with adjective complement

  • age: Kindermusik is offered by trained and licensed educators to children aged newborn to 7 years and their parents.

Preposition: in

  • house: So basically, at the end of college my sims abandoned their 3 year old newborns in a house alone!