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INFANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
Example:
it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("infant" is a kind of...):
child; kid (a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "infant"):
blue baby (an infant born with a bluish color; usually has a defective heart)
cherub (a sweet innocent baby)
abandoned infant; foundling (a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown)
godchild (an infant who is sponsored by an adult (the godparent) at baptism)
neonate; newborn (a baby from birth to four weeks)
nurseling; nursling; suckling (an infant considered in relation to its nurse)
papoose; pappoose (an American Indian infant)
test-tube baby (a baby conceived by fertilization that occurs outside the mother's body; the woman's ova are removed and mixed with sperm in a culture medium - if fertilization occurs the blastocyte is implanted in the woman's uterus)
war baby (conceived or born during war)
Derivation:
infancy (the earliest state of immaturity)
infancy (the early stage of growth or development)
Context examples:
The study surveyed 31 quasars that are seen as they were more than 12.5 billion years ago, at a time when the Universe was still an infant, only about 870 million years old.
(ESO Observations Reveal Black Holes' Breakfast at the Cosmic Dawn, ESO)
The results also suggest that babies of depressed mothers may show less evidence of learning because of a weakened neural connection between mother and infant.
(Mothers’ and babies’ brains ‘more in tune’ when mother is happy, University of Cambridge)
Treating preterm infants with antibiotics for more than 20 months appears to promote the development of multidrug-resistant gut bacteria.
(Prolonged antibiotic treatment may alter preterm infants’ microbiome, National Institutes of Health)
It is a potentially life-threatening condition and the infant should be closely monitored for signs of airway disease.
(Airway Hemangioma, NCI Thesaurus)
These trials include pregnant females, neonates, and infants.
(AIDS, Clinical Trials on Children, NCI Thesaurus)
It affects infants and children and usually shows megakaryocytic maturation.
(Acute Myeloid Leukemia (Megakaryoblastic) with t(1;22)(p13;q13); RBM15-MKL1, NCI Thesaurus)
Infants with the disorder get infections caused by bacteria, and are at an increased risk of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) or myelodysplasia (a bone marrow disorder).
(Congenital neutropenia, NCI Dictionary)
A rare neoplasm usually occurring in infants.
(Melanotic Neuroectodermal Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
Terminology for concepts associated with neonatal and infant examination contributed by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
(NICHD Newborn Screening Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)
Your newborn infant has screening tests before leaving the hospital.
(Newborn Screening, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
