neonatal

adjective

neo·​na·​tal ˌnē-ō-ˈnā-tᵊl 

: of, relating to, or affecting the newborn and especially the human infant during the first month after birth

neonatal mortality

neonatal intensive care unit

neonatally

ˌnē-ō-ˈnā-tᵊl-ē 

adverb

Examples of neonatal in a Sentence

a neonatal intensive care unit

Recent Examples on the Web

Blue light is also used in neonatal intensive care units to prevent jaundice. —Ashley May, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024

Broward Health currently operates Salah Foundation Children’s Hospital as part of Broward Health Medical Center and Broward Health Coral Springs and has neonatal intensive care units at both hospitals. —Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2024

For the first time, there will be a neonatal intensive care unit. —Dylan Scott, Vox, 21 Nov. 2024

Amelia needed cooling and intensive medical care for the next 72 hours, but the Grosse Pointe hospital where she was born doesn't have a neonatal intensive care unit. —Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2024

Word History

Etymology

New Latin neonatus neonate + -al entry 1

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

neonatal

adjective

neo·​na·​tal ˌnē-ō-ˈnāt-ᵊl 

: of, relating to, or affecting the newborn and especially the human infant during the first month after birth

neonatal jaundice

neonatal death

compare prenatal, intranatal, postnatal

neonatally

-ᵊl-ē 

adverb