neonaten.
/ˈniːə(ʊ)neɪt/, U.S. /ˈniəˌneɪt/ Medicine and Biology.
A newly or recently born individual; spec. a human infant less than four weeks old.
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1925 A. L. Gesell Mental Growth Pre-School Child xiv. 196 His [sc. the new-born infant's] medical and his public-health significance during the first month of existence is so great that..we bestow upon him the distinguishing cognomen neonate for that one critical month.
1936 Q. Rev. Biol. 11 70 (heading) Problems in the classification of neonate activities.
1951 L. 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.
1962 Lancet 12 May 1026/2 Neonates are capable of withstanding quite profound hypothermia for a short period of time.
1986 ‘J. Gash’ Tartan Sell v. 30 I didn't need criticism from a neonate.
2001 Oxoniensia 65 302 The partial remains of a neonate were also recovered from the upper fill of gully 327.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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