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noun
The branch of medicine that deals with newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn infant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
that branch of pediatric medicine concerned with the newborn; the diagnosis and treatment of neonates
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: pediatrics, paediatrics, pediatric medicine, pedology
History
Etymology tree English neonate Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English neonatology From neonate + -ology.
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