adverb
- in a manner relating to newborn babies, especially during the first month of life
Usage: medical
Examples
- The infection was acquired neonatally during delivery.
- These complications can occur neonatally or later in infancy.
- The drug is contraindicated in patients exposed neonatally.
- Screening programs help identify conditions that manifest neonatally.
- The virus can be transmitted neonatally from mother to child.
- Certain reflexes are present neonatally but disappear with development.