neonatologyn.
/ˌniːə(ʊ)neɪˈtɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˈˌnioʊˌneɪˈtɑlədʒi/ Medicine.
The branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of neonates.
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1960 A. J. Schaffer Dis. Newborn 1/1 We trust we shall be forgiven for coining the words ‘neonatology’ and ‘neonatologist’. We do not recall ever having seen them in print. The one designates the art and science of diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the newborn infant, and the other the physician whose primary concern lies in this specialty.
1960 A. J. Schaffer Dis. Newborn p. vi/1 The situation of the pediatrician practising neonatology differs but little qualitatively from his everyday posture with respect to older infants and children.
1967 Obstetrics & Gynecol. 30 890 The obstetric trainee would assume the role of a pediatric resident in the field of neonatology.
1972 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 3 Aug. 26/5 The intensive care unit..combines the disciplines of both fetology and neonatology.
1990 N.Y. Times Mag. 5 Aug. 25 In neonatology, medical advances allowed very premature and badly damaged babies to survive—sometimes to face painful and severely compromised lives.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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