NEONATAL PERIOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neonatal period mean? 

• NEONATAL PERIOD (noun)
  The noun NEONATAL PERIOD has 1 sense:

1. the first 28 days of life

  Familiarity information: NEONATAL PERIOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEONATAL PERIOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The first 28 days of life

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("neonatal period" is a kind of...):

time of life (a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state)

 Context examples 

Any abnormality, anatomical or biochemical, evident at birth or during the neonatal period.

(Congenital Abnormality, NCI Thesaurus)

A self-limited skin rash that appears in the neonatal period and usually resolves in four to six months after birth.

(Neonatal Lupus Erythematosus, NCI Thesaurus)

A respiratory system disorder that occurs during the neonatal period.

(Neonatal Respiratory System Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia, NCI Thesaurus)

Hypoglycemia that occurs during the neonatal period.

(Neonatal Hypoglycemia, NCI Thesaurus)

An infectious disorder that occurs during the neonatal period.

(Neonatal Infectious Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Jaundice that appears during the neonatal period.

(Neonatal Jaundice, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare autosomal recessive inherited disorder that is manifested in the neonatal period and is caused by mutations in the HLCS gene.

(Neonatal Holocarboxylase Synthetase Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

Hypoglycemia is a condition that occurs during the neonatal period, when there is abnormally diminished content of glucose in the blood (below 70 mg/dL ).

(Neonatal Hypoglycemia, NICHD)

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

(Neonatal Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)