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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The hospital, just off I-95 at 1100 NW 95th St, unexpectedly closed its critical but costly labor and delivery, neonatal, and behavioral health units in February to try to slow the financial bleeding.
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Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 11 May 2024
The quadruplets are still in the neonatal intensive care unit and are set to go home to their parents and two brothers, ages 3 and 18 months, later this summer.
—Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
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Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 11 May 2024
The quadruplets are still in the neonatal intensive care unit and are set to go home to their parents and two brothers, ages 3 and 18 months, later this summer.
—Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 10 May 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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