| 单词 | neonate |
| 释义 | neonate (once / 1477414 pages) n A neonate is a newborn baby. New parents are usually excited and a little nervous to bring their neonate home from the hospital. Use the noun neonate when you need a medical term for a tiny baby, specifically one that's younger than a month old. Hospitals have neonate units and neonate nurses, and what a doctor might refer to as a neonate, you'd probably just call an infant or a baby. Neonate combines the Greek prefix neo, or "new," and the Latin natus, "born." WORD FAMILYneonate: neonates USAGE EXAMPLESThe bills OK’d Wednesday bar physicians and their associates from knowingly benefiting financially from or being compensated for an embryo, fetus or neonate. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) There has to be an honest debate about when it's a woman's 'choice' and when it's no longer humane to terminate a neonate. New York Times(Oct 20, 2016) It said an initiative to improve breastfeeding for neonates had already started. BBC(Sep 27, 2016) n a baby from birth to four weeks Syn|Hypo|Hyper newborn, newborn baby, newborn infant liveborn infant infant who shows signs of life after birth low-birth-weight baby, low-birth-weight infantan infant born weighing less than 5.5 pounds (2500 grams) regardless of gestational age postmature infantinfant born after 42 weeks of gestation; usually shows signs of placental insufficiency preemie, premature baby, premature infant, premie, preterm baby, preterm infantan infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation SGA infant, small-for-gestational-age infantan infant whose size and weight are considerably less than the average for babies of the same age stillborn infantinfant who shows no signs of life after birth term infantinfant born at a gestational age between 37 and 42 completed weeks babe, baby, infant a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk |
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