Newborn Vocabulary Flashcards
A branch or medicine concerned with the care, development, and diseases of a newborn
Neonatology
A baby during the first months of life
Neonate
Baby’s are taken to this place if a baby has problems such as congenital, digestive, spinal, or brain problems
Neonatal intensive care unit
NICU
Detects a baby’s chance of survival
Apgar
Doctors who specialize in infants, new borns, and children
Pediatrician
An automatic, unlearned behavior
Reflexes
Very fine, soft, and usually unpigmented, downy hair as can be found on the body of a fetus or newborn baby
Lanugo
Soft spots in the skull
Fontanels
Low level of oxygen- carrying substances in the blood
Anemia
Makes newborns skin, tissues, and body fluid look yellow because liver is immature
Jaundice
When a healthy baby suddenly dies
Sudden infant death syndrome
SIDS
A condition in which a baby has intense abdominal pain and cries a lot
Colic
