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Definition of "neonatal" []

  • Of or relating to newborn infants or an infant: neonatal care; neonatal disorders. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "neonatal" in a sentence
  • "Some died (the three-year-old and the 75-year-old man) and some were physically injured (the child's mother and the seven-month fetus she was carrying -- the baby is still in neonatal intensive care) and some were terribly psychologically scarred."
  • "What she is experiencing is called neonatal abstinence syndrome, or NAS."
  • "Nuclear factor-kappaB activation in neonatal mouse lung protects against lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation."