| 释义 |
neonate Med.|ˈniːəʊneɪt|
[f. neo- + L. nāt-us born.]
A recently born individual; spec. an infant less than four weeks old. Also attrib. or as adj.
1932M. B. McGraw in Child Development III. 292/1 Most ‘partunates’1 display a decidedly helpless response to the force of gravity. [Note] 1 A term indicating infants who are just born... It covers about the first fifteen or thirty minutes of life since it includes the time during and immediately following parturition. When the umbilical cord is dressed and the baby is taken to the maternity nursery, then he becomes a ‘neonate’. 1936Q. Rev. Biol. XI. 70 (heading) Problems in the classification of neonate activities. 1951L. Carmichael in S. S. Stevens Handbk. Exper. Psychol. viii. 289/1 The fetus shows most of the specific patterns of response that can be elicited in the neonate. 1962Lancet 12 May 1026/2 Neonates are capable of withstanding quite profound hypothermia for a short period of time. 1967Nature 10 June 1099/2 The dentate gyrus is considerably more mature in the neonate guinea-pig than in the rat. 1973Jrnl. Genetic Psychol. CXXII. 320 The overall body proportions of the typical neonate, 2-year-old, 6-year-old, [etc.]. |