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neonate

[nee-uh-neyt] / ˈni əˌneɪt /


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The likelihood that any fetus will survive outside the uterus as a neonate is an estimate based on many factors.

From Scientific American • May 4, 2022

When we are very early in development, either as a fetus or maybe as a neonate, it’s probably about developing certain pathways that are responsible for consciousness.

From The Verge • Jul. 23, 2019

“Not even in my worst nightmare as an epidemiologist had I imagined a microcephaly neonate epidemic,” she says.

From Nature • Dec. 18, 2016

HIV may similarly be brought to heel, if not as easily as neonate mortality.

From Time • Jan. 22, 2015

Of iguanas and dinosaurs: social behavior and communication in neonate reptiles.

From Scientific American • Sep. 17, 2012