neonatal
adjective
neo·na·tal
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Definition of neonatal
: of, relating to, or affecting the newborn and especially the human infant during the first month after birth
neonatal mortality neonatal intensive care unit
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Other Words from neonatal
neonatally
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adverb
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adverb
Examples of neonatal in a Sentence
a neonatal intensive care unit
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In some cases, a hospital will transfer certain patients at very high risk should a power outage occur, as a Savannah hospital decided to do in transferring newborns from its neonatal unit to hospitals in Atlanta. — Daniel B. Hess, CNN, "How do hospitals prepare for hurricanes?," 2 Sep. 2019 Petersen, 29, who is as reserved as Wolf is forward, has just finished nursing school and will begin work in the neonatal intensive care unit at Connecticut Children’s in October. — Duo Dickinson, courant.com, "At their new home in Asylum Hill: Chion Wolf and Emily Petersen have ‘married Hartford’," 31 Aug. 2019 In some cases, a hospital will transfer certain patients at very high risk should a power outage occur, as a Savannah hospital decided to do in transferring newborns from its neonatal unit to hospitals in Atlanta. — Daniel B. Hess, Quartz, "How Florida hospitals are getting ready for Hurricane Dorian," 30 Aug. 2019 Sullivan is partial to the struggle that Toby and Kate (Chrissy Metz) endured during their premature son’s stay in the neonatal intensive care unit. — Dan Snierson, EW.com, "This Is Us stars choose their favorite scenes from season 3," 20 Aug. 2019 Within hours, the baby was in an ambulance on his way to the neonatal intensive care unit at St. David's Medical Center 8 miles away. — Dallas News, "Texas legislature's fix to surprise health care bills still leaves millions vulnerable," 19 Aug. 2019 As LeGrath noted, there was no neonatal intensive care unit in the late 19th century. — Cody Boteler, baltimoresun.com, "Forgotten no longer: Scout builds memorial to children in unmarked Catonsville graves," 19 Aug. 2019 But Cooper survived his birth -- and then spent 324 days in the neonatal intensive care unit. — Scottie Andrew And Brian Ries, CNN, "A 2-year-old born without a larynx or airway is the recipient of a historic voice box reconstruction," 6 Aug. 2019 Their son, Jax, was born at 30 weeks and spent six weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit. — Doug Ferguson, BostonGlobe.com, "A major, and a summer of stress for Gary Woodland," 6 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'neonatal.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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neonatal
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of neonatal
medical
: of, relating to, or taking care of babies in the first month after their birth
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neonatal
adjective
neo·na·tal
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Medical Definition of neonatal
: 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
Other Words from neonatal
neonatally
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adverb