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BNC: 38362 COCA: 31871
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neonate

noun

ne·​o·​nate ˈnē-ə-ˌnāt How to pronounce neonate (audio)
: a newborn child
especially : a child less than a month old

Example Sentences

the hospital has added a new wing especially for neonates
Recent Examples on the Web The likelihood that any fetus will survive outside the uterus as a neonate is an estimate based on many factors. Cara C. Heuser, Scientific American, 4 May 2022 The neonate, or hatchling, was found at a depth of 3,940 feet (1,200 meters) on the Chatham Rise located east of New Zealand, reports Brandon Specktor for Live Science. Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2022 The woman’s cat had rejected the all-black kitten, likely because of the little one’s health condition, so the two-faced neonate would need round-the-clock human care to stay alive. Laura Barcella, PEOPLE.com, 6 Nov. 2019 All eight neonates are healthy, have shed their skin once and started dining on pinky-sized hairless baby mice. Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2019 Now other zoos are excitedly lining up to get one of the Milwaukee zoo's rhino viper babies, which are called neonates. Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2019 Another rhino viper pair gave birth to one living neonate in August, though unfortunately that mother died a short time later. Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2019 The committee cited a potential risk of transferring pathogenic organisms from the woman to the neonate. Jane E. Brody, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2018 Dines determined that the whale was a female, was a full-term neonate and likely was a week old. Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 19 Jan. 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin neonatus (short for infans neonatus, neo-natus puerulus, etc.), from neo- neo- + Latin natus, past participle of nāscī "to be born" — more at nation

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of neonate was in 1925
BNC: 38362 COCA: 31871

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