NEONATAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neonatal mean? 

• NEONATAL (adjective)
  The adjective NEONATAL has 1 sense:

1. relating to or affecting the infant during the first month after birth

  Familiarity information: NEONATAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEONATAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or affecting the infant during the first month after birth

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

the neonatal period

Pertainym:

neonate (a baby from birth to four weeks)

 Context examples 

An abnormality of the respiratory system that is present at birth or detected in the neonatal period.

(Congenital Respiratory System Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A skin abnormality that is present at birth or detected in the neonatal period.

(Congenital Skin Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

An abnormality of the nervous system that is present at birth or detected in the neonatal period.

(Congenital Nervous System Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder which occurs during the neonatal period.

(Neonatal Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

An abnormality of the digestive system that is present at birth or detected in the neonatal period.

(Congenital Gastrointestinal Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A subject domain utilized for the submission of information encompassing and representing data, vocabulary or records related to fetal and neonatal developmental morphology.

(Fetal and Neonatal Developmental Morphology Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

A member of the heparin-binding growth factor family, FGF5 is expressed in neonatal brain.

(Fibroblast Growth Factor 5, NCI Thesaurus)

Hepatitis developing during the neonatal period.

(Neonatal Hepatitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Increased levels of bilirubin in the blood during the neonatal period.

(Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes hemoglobin subunit gamma-2 protein, plays a role in the transport of oxygen to tissues of the fetal and neonatal body.

(HBG2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)