Definition of neonatal in English:
neonatal
adjective ˌniːə(ʊ)ˈneɪt(ə)lˌnioʊˈneɪdl
Relating to newborn children (or other mammals)
special attention is given to mortality in the neonatal period
Example sentencesExamples
- They were transferred to our neonatal intensive care unit with a presumptive diagnosis of perinatal asphyxia.
- She had no previous known liver disease, and her neonatal period and infancy were normal.
- The team studied 150 preterm infants in neonatal intensive care units.
- One of the major advances in neonatal respiratory care is the introduction of surfactant.
- Primary endpoints were neonatal respiratory distress syndrome and perinatal death.
- The groups were comparable in all other measures of obstetric and neonatal outcome.
- Infants are traditionally wrapped up well when they are transferred from the delivery suite to the neonatal intensive care unit.
- The speciality of neonatal intensive care has developed over the past 30 years.
- In 2001 he invited a local magistrate to tour a neonatal intensive care ward on a normal day.
- However, the incidence of neonatal sepsis is definitely cut down by these strategies.
- However, modern neonatal intensive care does allow the survival of many premature babies that would have perished in the past.
- High risk obstetrics and neonatal intensive care are high cost, low volume specialties.
- A neonatal intensive care nurse will accompany the resident, as well as an intern.
- About two thirds of the perinatal deaths occurred in the early neonatal period.
- We explored the association between time to pregnancy and neonatal death in the Danish national birth cohort.
- And few situations could be more fraught than pre-term or neonatal intensive care.
- Some concepts suggest an abnormality in Sertoli cells in the fetal or neonatal period.
- We carried out the study in a neonatal unit in the main tertiary neonatal referral centre for the south east of Scotland.
- Maternal and neonatal immunisation offer the best prospects for reducing vertical transmission.
- A few months ago, a lovely 8 year old boy visited our neonatal intensive care unit with his parents.
Derivatives
adverb
It was shown that the specific tolerance to skin grafts in rat could be achieved by transferring T-enriched thoracic duct lymphocytes from neonatally tolerized rats to sublethally irradiated syngeneic recipients.
Example sentencesExamples
- In rats, tamoxifen potently induces liver carcinomas and also induces uterine tumours when given neonatally.
- In a subsequent study, we demonstrated that Min / + mice exposed neonatally to PhIP directly or via breast milk were particularly susceptible.
- We have now extended these studies to investigate the induction of mutants and micronuclei in mice treated neonatally with ddI or ddI in combination with AZT.
noun ˌnɪə(ʊ)neɪˈtɒlədʒɪstˌnioʊˌneɪˈtɑlədʒəst
Bilious vomiting in newborns is an urgent condition that requires the immediate involvement of a team of pediatric surgeons and neonatologists for perioperative management.
Example sentencesExamples
- In Neonatology Clinic, the same neonatologist and nurse practitioner follow an infant, in cooperation with his local physician, until the infant's care can be fully transferred to the local physician.
- PS is consultant paediatrician and neonatologist at Glan Clwyd Hospital, which provides a neonatal intensive care service for North Wales.
noun ˌnɪə(ʊ)neɪˈtɒlədʒiˈˌnioʊˌneɪˈtɑlədʒi
mass nounThe branch of medicine concerned with the treatment and care of newborn babies.
an advanced nurse practitioner in neonatology
Example sentencesExamples
- He was one of the last professors of paediatrics to combine general paediatric skills with an academic interest in neonatology, and he inspired students and trainees with his enthusiasm for teaching.
- Advances in neonatology and pediatric anesthesia now have made it possible to perform cleft repair surgery during the neonatal period.
- Fortunately, advances in obstetrics and neonatology, the branch of pediatrics that deals with newborns, have improved the chances for survival for even these smallest babies.
Rhymes
antenatal, fatal, hiatal, natal, ratel
Definition of neonatal in US English:
neonatal
adjectiveˌnēōˈnādlˌnioʊˈneɪdl
Relating to newborn children (or other mammals)
special attention is given to mortality in the neonatal period
Example sentencesExamples
- However, modern neonatal intensive care does allow the survival of many premature babies that would have perished in the past.
- Primary endpoints were neonatal respiratory distress syndrome and perinatal death.
- The speciality of neonatal intensive care has developed over the past 30 years.
- The team studied 150 preterm infants in neonatal intensive care units.
- Infants are traditionally wrapped up well when they are transferred from the delivery suite to the neonatal intensive care unit.
- A few months ago, a lovely 8 year old boy visited our neonatal intensive care unit with his parents.
- We carried out the study in a neonatal unit in the main tertiary neonatal referral centre for the south east of Scotland.
- We explored the association between time to pregnancy and neonatal death in the Danish national birth cohort.
- However, the incidence of neonatal sepsis is definitely cut down by these strategies.
- About two thirds of the perinatal deaths occurred in the early neonatal period.
- She had no previous known liver disease, and her neonatal period and infancy were normal.
- A neonatal intensive care nurse will accompany the resident, as well as an intern.
- One of the major advances in neonatal respiratory care is the introduction of surfactant.
- Some concepts suggest an abnormality in Sertoli cells in the fetal or neonatal period.
- And few situations could be more fraught than pre-term or neonatal intensive care.
- In 2001 he invited a local magistrate to tour a neonatal intensive care ward on a normal day.
- They were transferred to our neonatal intensive care unit with a presumptive diagnosis of perinatal asphyxia.
- The groups were comparable in all other measures of obstetric and neonatal outcome.
- Maternal and neonatal immunisation offer the best prospects for reducing vertical transmission.
- High risk obstetrics and neonatal intensive care are high cost, low volume specialties.