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neonatal

neonatal adjective: of or pertaining to the period of time immediately following birth, or to the newborn.

Adjective

neonatal (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the period of time immediately following birth, or to the newborn.
    • The baby was placed in the neonatal intensive care unit.

neonatal meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Indonesian

neonatal in Tamil

பிறப்பை அடுத்த, புதிதாய்ப் பிறந்த, நான்கு வாரத்திற்குட்பட்ட குழந்தை

neonatal in Urdu

نومولودی

neonatal in Kannada

ಆಗತಾನೆ ಜನಿಸಿದ ಮಗುವಿನ, ನವಜಾತ ಶಿಶುವಿನ

neonatal in Indonesian

of or pertaining to the time immediately after birth
neonatal

Examples of neonatal in a sentence

  • The prognosis of symptomatic neonatal hypoglycemia with seizures is poor and is associated with abnormal neurointellectual development.
  • Ursodeoxycholic acid is a widely used anticholestatic drug that contributes to accelerating recovery in the setting of transient neonatal cholestasis.
  • Kimberly-Clark manufactures and distributes a small, soft vinyl percussor mounted on a plastic wand designed for neonatal applications (Figure 4-39).

All 10 example sentences with neonatal

Forms of neonatal

alternative formneo-natal

Origin of neonatal

From neo- + natal.

Words formed from neonatal

Questions about neonatal

What does neonatal mean?
Neonatal means of or pertaining to the period of time immediately following birth, or to the newborn.
What is neonatal in Tamil?
Neonatal in Tamil is பிறப்பை அடுத்த, புதிதாய்ப் பிறந்த, நான்கு வாரத்திற்குட்பட்ட குழந்தை. See Neonatal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is neonatal?
Neonatal is an adjective.

Words near neonatal in the dictionary

  1. neon tetras
  2. neon-20
  3. neon-21
  4. neon-22
  5. neonacy
  6. neonatal
  7. neonatal abstinence syndrome
  8. neonatal milk
  9. neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease
  10. neonatality
  11. neonatally

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: neonatal (page history and authors); neonatal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); neonatal (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); neonatal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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