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Definition: Neonatal |
NeonatalAdjective1. Relating to or affecting the infant during the first month after birth; "neonatal care"; the neonatal period". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | Pertaining to the first four weeks after birth. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| NEC | English | Neonatal necrotising enterocolitis | Medicine |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Newness | Late, modern, neoteric, hypermodern, nouveau; new-born, nascent, neonatal, new-fashioned, new-fangled, new-fledged; of yesterday; just out, brand-new, up to date, up to the minute, with it, fashionable, in fashion; in, hip; vernal, renovated, sempervirent, sempervirid. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Neonatal |
| Specialty definitions using "neonatal": Alagille Syndrome, Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors ♦ Coronavirus, Bovine, Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of Lung, Congenital ♦ Epidermolysis Bullosa, Junctional ♦ Intensive Care Units, Pediatric ♦ Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome ♦ Reovirus 3, Rotavirus Infections ♦ Thanatophoric Dysplasia. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Neonatal" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (neonatal), German (neonatal), Portuguese (neonatal). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Enterobacter spp. such as E. sakazakii and E. cloacae are opportunistic pathogens, and are responsible for many nosocomial, and neonatal infections. Credit: CDC. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Neonatal ALD affects both male and female newborns. (references) | |
Serious neonatal infections continue to be a major problem. (references) | ||
Preterm infants account for the majority of all neonatal deaths. (references) | ||
Business | High-risk area approach for neonatal tetanus at National Institute of Health, Islamabad. (references) | |
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| "Neonatal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Neonatal" is used about 142 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 142 | 26,554 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "neonatal": Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome ♦ neonatal death ♦ Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities ♦ Neonatal Hepatitis ♦ neonatal hyperbilirubinemia ♦ neonatal intensive care unit ♦ neonatal mortality ♦ neonatal mortality rate ♦ neonatal necrotising enterocolitis ♦ Neonatal Nursing ♦ Neonatal period ♦ neonatal room ♦ Neonatal Screening. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "neonatal": post-neonatal. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "neonatal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 出" (Nascent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | neonatal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | neonataal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | neonataalinen, vastasyntyneisyyteen liittyvä, vastasyntyneelle ominainen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | nouveau-né (newborn, newborn baby, newborn baby boy), néonatal, néonatal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | neonatal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | νεογνικός (infantile). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | csecsemőhalandóság (neonatal mortality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | neonatale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eonatalnay neonatal, recém-nascido (newborn). (various references) относящийся к новорожденному. (various references) neonato, neonatal, del recién nacido. (various references) neonatal AIDS (neonatal AIDS). (various references) เกี่ยวกับเ"็กแรกเกิ". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "neonatal": neonatally. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "neonatal": postneonatal. (additional references) | |
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"Neonatal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: deonata, encoanal, neonatol, Neopastel, Nonantola, nunatak. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "neonatal" (pronounced nē'ōnā"tul) |
| 5 | -n ā" t u l | Natal, postnatal, prenatal. |
| 4 | -ā" t u l | fatal, nonfatal. |
| 3 | -t u l | accidental, acquittal, anecdotal, artiodactyl, battle, beetle, belittle, betel, bicoastal, bottle, brattle, Bristol, brittle, brutal, butyl, Cantle, capital, Capitol, cattle, chattel, chortle, coastal, coincidental, committal, compartmental, congenital, consonantal, continental, crustal, crystal, dental, detrimental, developmental, digital, disgruntle, dismantle, distal, ductile, elemental, embattle, entitle, environmental, experimental, extramarital, fertile, fetal, fractal, frontal, fundamental, futile, genital, gentle, glottal, governmental, horizontal, hospital, hostel, hostile, hurtle, immortal, immotile, incidental, incremental, infantile, infertile, instrumental, intercontinental, intergovernmental, judgmental, kettle, Kittel, Kittle, lentil, lintel, little, mantel, mantle, marital, mental, metal, mettle, monumental, mortal, motile, Myrtle, nettle, noncommittal, nongovernmental, nonvolatile, occidental, occipital, orbital, oriental, ornamental, parental, parietal, pedestal, periodontal, petal, Pistil, pistol, pivotal, portal, postal, Pottle, prattle, prefrontal, premarital, projectile, quintal, rattle, rebuttal, recital, rectal, regimental, rental, resettle, scuttle, sentimental, settle, shuttle, skeletal, skittle, societal, spittle, startle, subtitle, subtle, supplemental, tactile, tattle, temperamental, throttle, title, tittle, tootle, total, transcendental, transcontinental, transmittal, turtle, unsentimental, unsettle, unsubtle, varietal, vegetal, versatile, vestal, vital, vittle, volatile, Whittle, Wintle. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-l-n-n-o-t" | |
-2 letters: anneal, atonal, etalon, lanate, tolane. | |
-3 letters: alane, alant, alate, alone, anent, annal, anole, antae, atone, laten, leant, lento, natal, nonet, notal, oaten, talon, tenon, tolan, tonal, tonne. | |
-4 letters: aeon, alae, alan, aloe, alto, anal, anna, anoa, anon, anta, ante, elan, enol, etna, lane, late, lean, leno, lent, loan, lone, lota, naan, nana, neat. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-l-n-n-o-t" | |
+1 letter: nanotesla, pantalone. | |
+2 letters: alienation, covenantal, nanoteslas, negational, neonatally, nontaxable, ornamental, pantalones, pentagonal. | |
+3 letters: alienations, alloantigen, alternation, attentional, cancelation, containable, explanation, lamentation, nationalise, nationalize, nonmaterial, nontaxables, ornamentals, pentagonals, rallentando, sensational. | |
+4 letters: alimentation, alloantigens, alternations, annexational, cancelations, cancellation, delamination, desalination, ethanolamine, explanations, explantation, ganglionated, generational, halogenating, halogenation, lamentations, melanization, nationalised, nationalises, nationalized, nationalizer, nationalizes, nonbacterial, ornamentally, penalization, pentagonally, placentation, postneonatal, rationalness, replantation, sanctionable, ultramontane, unobtainable. | |
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