neonatology

noun

neo·​na·​tol·​o·​gy ˌnē-ə-nā-ˈtä-lə-jē How to pronounce neonatology (audio)
: a branch of medicine concerned with the care, development, and diseases of newborn infants
neonatologist noun

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Levy also reviewed reports written by experts in the fields of pathology, radiology and neonatology, who reexamined the evidence in the case last year as part of the CRU’s probe. Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2024 Nicklaus Children’s Hospital near South Miami is still No. 2 in Florida and is nationally ranked in five pediatric specialties: neonatology, pediatric cardiology and heart surgery, pediatric neurology and neurosurgery, pediatric orthopedics, and pediatric pulmonology and lung surgery. Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 17 July 2024 The alleged fraud occurred between April 2011 and September 2013 involving Christiana’s neonatology department, and between April 2011 and April 2017 invoving the cardiovascular surgery, urology, neurosurgery and ear, nose and throat departments. Randall Chase, Fortune Well, 25 Dec. 2023 Among them: Cincinnati Children’s has the only level IV neonatology intensive care unit, or NICU, in Greater Cincinnati, providing world-class care to infants at all Level III NICUs in the area. The Enquirer, 21 June 2023 See all Example Sentences for neonatology 

Word History

Etymology

neonate or neonat(al) + -o- + -logy

Note: Word introduced, along with neonatalogist, by American pediatrician Alexander J. Schaffer (1902-81) in Diseases of the Newborn (Philadelphia, 1960), p. 1.

First Known Use

1960, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of neonatology was in 1960

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“Neonatology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neonatology. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

Medical Definition

neonatology

noun
neo·​na·​tol·​o·​gy ˌnē-ə-nāt-ˈäl-ə-jē How to pronounce neonatology (audio)
plural neonatologies
: a branch of medicine concerned with the care, development, and diseases of newborn infants
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