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NEWBORN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A baby from birth to four weeks
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("newborn" is a kind of...):
babe; baby; infant (a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "newborn"):
liveborn infant (infant who shows signs of life after birth)
low-birth-weight baby; low-birth-weight infant (an infant born weighing less than 5.5 pounds (2500 grams) regardless of gestational age)
postmature infant (infant born after 42 weeks of gestation; usually shows signs of placental insufficiency)
preemie; premature baby; premature infant; premie; preterm baby; preterm infant (an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation)
SGA infant; small-for-gestational-age infant (an infant whose size and weight are considerably less than the average for babies of the same age)
stillborn infant (infant who shows no signs of life after birth)
term infant (infant born at a gestational age between 37 and 42 completed weeks)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having just or recently arisen or come into existence
Example:
with newborn fears
Synonyms:
new-sprung; newborn
Classified under:
Similar:
new (not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Recently born
Example:
a newborn infant
Classified under:
Similar:
immature; young ((used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth)
Context examples:
Not far away from here lies a poor woman with a little newborn baby.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Nursing care of the newborn infant.
(Neonatal Nursing, NCI Thesaurus)
Measures applied for the restoration of life to a newborn.
(Neonatal Resuscitation, NCI Thesaurus)
A specific type of newborn examination performed to allow for early detection of disease(s) and/or disorder(s).
(Newborn Screening, NCI Thesaurus)
Your newborn infant has screening tests before leaving the hospital.
(Newborn Screening, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
Using a blood test, PKU can easily be found in newborns, and treatment is a diet low in phenylalanine.
(Phenylketonuria, NCI Dictionary)
A physical examination of a newborn's developmental characteristics.
(Physical Maturity Assessment, NCI Thesaurus)
A range of values used to quantify newborn motor development.
(Newborn Motor Scale, NCI Thesaurus)
The number of heartbeats of the newborn per minute; the normal range is 100 - 180 heartbeats per minute.
(Newborn Heart Rate, NCI Thesaurus)
A condition characterized by a decrease in the number of platelets in the blood below established reference ranges in a newborn.
(Neonatal Thrombocytopenia, NCI Thesaurus)
