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infant
adjectives
a young infant
• The never-ending demands of a young infant can be very stressful for parents.
a newborn infant
• Newborn infants only a few hours old can distinguish between different voices.
an unborn infant
• Unborn infants can hear certain sounds while still in the mother’s womb.
a premature infant
(= born too early )
• The hospital provides life-saving care to premature infants.
a healthy infant
• Amy gave birth to a healthy infant.
a sick infant
• Sick infants are treated in the intensive care nursery.
infant + NOUN
infant deaths
• The number of infant deaths has fallen significantly.
infant mortality
(= the number of infants who die )
• The infant mortality rate doubled during the 1990s.
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noun ADJ. young He is studying hearing in very young infants. | newborn | unborn | stillborn | pre-term, premature jaundice in premature infants | full-term | healthy, normal | low birthweight | human a book on intellectual development in the human infant | female, male | screaming, sleeping Marjorie looked down at the sleeping infant in her arms. INFANT + NOUN death, mortality countries with high infant mortality | child, daughter, son PHRASES sudden infant death syndrome
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