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neonate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun neonate has 1 sense
- neonate(n = noun.person) newborn, newborn baby, newborn infant - a baby from birth to four weeks; Array is a kind of babe, baby, infant
has particulars: liveborn infant, low-birth-weight baby, low-birth-weight infant, postmature infant, preemie, premature baby, premature infant, premie, preterm baby, preterm infant, sga infant, small-for-gestational-age infant, stillborn infant, term infant
CIDE DICTIONARY
neonate, n.
A newborn child, especially one less than one month old. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
neonate, n. a newborn child.
Derivative
neonatal adj.
Etymology
mod.L neonatus (as NEO-, L nasci nat- be born)
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