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
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a neonatal intensive care unit
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This early stage, called the neonatal period, lasts about 10 days.
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
This early stage, called the neonatal period, lasts about 10 days.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Winning the ‘Hospital War’ Behind their warm-and-fuzzy marketing, industry giants Abbott, maker of Similac products, and Mead Johnson, maker of the Enfamil line, have turned neonatal intensive care units into arenas of brutal competition.
—David Hilzenrath, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2026
With this technology and proper ethics, this will be a new revolution in neonatal care.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for neonatal
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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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