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Definitions of newborn
  1. noun
    a baby from birth to four weeks

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  2. adjective
    having just or recently arisen or come into existence
    "with newborn fears"

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  3. adjective
    recently born
    "a newborn infant"

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Definition that contains newborn
  • nicu an intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or seriously ill newborn
  • stillborn (of newborn infant) showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn
  • meconium thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child
  • suckling reflex reflex behavior in newborn mammals; includes finding and grasping the nipple in the mouth and sucking on it and swallowing the milk
  • neonatology that branch of pediatric medicine concerned with the newborn; the diagnosis and treatment of neonates
  • icterus neonatorum yellowish appearance in newborn infants; usually subsides spontaneously
  • periodic apnea of the newborn irregular breathing of newborns; periods of rapid breathing followed by apnea; believed to be associated with sudden infant death syndrome
  • pku test a test of newborn infants for phenylketonuria
  • maternity hospital a hospital that provides care for women during pregnancy and childbirth and for newborn infants
  • cephalohematoma a collection of blood under the scalp of a newborn; caused by pressure during birth
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