Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Recently born: Describes a baby or animal that has been born very recently.
   • Recently come into existence: Describes something that has just been created or has appeared.

2. Noun:

   • A newborn infant: A baby, specifically from the time of birth to approximately four weeks of age.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • The mother held her newborn baby for the first time.
  • The zoo announced the arrival of a newborn giraffe.
  • The country, with its newborn democracy, faced many challenges.

• Noun:

  • The hospital has a special unit for newborns.
  • Newborns sleep for most of the day and night.

Advanced Usage

• "newborn period": The first 28 days of a baby's life, a critical phase for health and development.
  • Screening tests are performed during the newborn period.
• "newborn screening": A public health program that tests infants shortly after birth for certain harmful or potentially fatal disorders.
  • Newborn screening can detect conditions that are treatable if found early.

Variants and Related Words

• Neonate (n): A technical/medical term for a newborn infant, especially within the first four weeks.
  • The neonate was placed in an incubator.
• Newly (adv): Recently. (This is the adverbial form related to the "recent" aspect of ).
  • A newly independent nation.

Synonyms

• Adjective: neonatal, nascent, fledgling, recent.
• Noun: neonate, baby, infant.

Related Phrases

• Newborn care: The attention and medical support given to a baby immediately after birth and in the following weeks.
  • Proper newborn care includes feeding, keeping the baby warm, and hygiene.
• Newborn hearing screening: A test to check a newborn baby's hearing.
  • All newborn hearing screenings are done before the baby leaves the hospital.

Adjective

1. having just or recently arisen or come into existence
   • new nations
   • with newborn fears
2. recently born
   • a newborn infant

Noun

1. a baby from birth to four weeks