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Neonatal Terms

A & B (apnea and bradycardia)
ABO incompatibility
ABO hemolytic disease of the newborn
ACPS (acrocephalopolysyndactyly)
acne neonatorum
acrocephaly
acrocephalic
acrocephalosyndactyly
acrocephalopolysyndactyly (ACPS)
adiponecrosis subcutanea neonatorum
adjusted gestational age
AENNS (Albert Einstein Neonatal Developmental Scale)
AFP (alpha-fetoprotein)
AGA (appropriate for gestational age)
AIHA (autoimmune hemolytic anemia)
alar flaring
Albert Einstein Neonatal Developmental Scale (AENNS)
Alimentum ™
alobar holoprosencephaly
alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)
aminophylline
amnionic band syndrome
ampicillin and gentamicin ("amp&gent")
anencephaly
aneuploidy
aniridia
Apgar score
APIB (Assessment of Preterm Infant's Behavior)
apnea and bradycardia (A & B)
apnea neonatorum
apnea of prematurity
appropriate for gestational age (AGA)
Apt test
arachnodactyly
arrhinencephaly
Arnold-Chiari deformity
Arnold-Chiari malformation
Arnold-Chiari syndrome
ASD (atrioventricular septal defect)
ASD (atrioseptal defect)
atrioseptal defect (ASD)
atrioventricular septal defect (ASD)
autosome

Babinski reflex
BABYbird II respirator
BABYbird II ventilator
Babyflex ventilator
BAER test (brain stem auditory-evoked response)
bag-and-mask ventilation
Bair Hugger® warmer blanket - Augustine Medical, Inc.
Barlow maneuver
barotrauma
base excess
Bear Cub® infant ventilator - Bear Medical Systems, Inc.
Bear NUM-1 tidal volume monitor
Bear respirator
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
beractant
bile plug syndrome
Biliblanket
BiliChek™
bilirubin
Blackfan-Diamond
Blalock-Taussig shunt
blink reflex
BNBAS (Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale)
BPD (bronchopulmonary dysplasia)
Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (BNBAS)
brephoplastic
bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)
bronze baby syndrome
brown baby syndrome
Brushfield spots
Byler disease

café au lait spots
caffeine
caffeine citrate
caput succedaneum
cardiac apnea monitor
Caroli disease
cat cry syndrome (cri du chat)
CBG (cord blood gases)
CDP (continuous distending pressure)
central apnea
cephalhematoma
cerebral palsy (CP)
chest physiotherapy
choanal atresia
cholesterol ester storage disease
chorioangiosis
circumoral cyanosis
circumcision
cleft lip
cleft palate
clubfeet
clubfoot
CMV (cytomegalovirus)
coarctation of the aorta
colfosceril
colostrum
congenital
congenital hypoplastic anemia
continuous descending pressure (CDP)
continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)
continuous venovenous hemodialysis (CVVHD)
Cooley anemia
Coombs test
cord blood gases (CBG)
cordocentesis
coxsackievirus
CP (cerebral palsy)
CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure)
craniorrhachischisis
craniosynostosis
Cranley Maternal-Fetal Attachment Scale
cri du chat syndrome (cat cry syndrome)
CRIES assessment tool (neonatal postoperative pain assessment)
Crigler-Najjar syndrome
Curosurf® (poractant alfa) - See MT Desk entry
cutis marmorata
CVVHD (continuous venovenous hemodialysis)
cyclopia
cytomegalovirus (CMV)

D5W
D10W
Dandy-Walker cysts
depressed skull fracture
dermatoglyphics
desquamation
dexamethasone
diabetic fetopathy
diaper dermatitis
diamniotic
dichorionic
dorsal penile nerve block (DPNB)
double-walled incubator
Down syndrome (trisomy 21)
DPNB (dorsal penile nerve block)
Dubin-Johnson syndrome
Dubowitz/Ballard Exam for Gestational Age
dysmorphic
dystocia

Ebstein anomaly
ECD (endocardial cushing defect)
ECLS (extracorporeal life support)
ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation)
echovirus
ectrodactyly
Edward syndrome (trisomy 18)
elephantiasis
elliptocytosis
EMLA (eutectic mixture of local anesthetic)
EMLA® anesthetic disc - See MT Desk entry
encephalocele
endocardial cushing defect (ECD)
Engerix-B
end-tidal carbon dioxide monitor
Enfamil formula
enzygotic twins
epulis
Erb palsy
erythema toxicum neonatorum
exchange transfusion
exencephaly
Exosurf
extracorporeal life support (ECLS)
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)

factor VIII, IX, XI, XII
failure to thrive
Fanconi anemia
FAS (fetal alcohol syndrome)
FGR (fetal growth restriction)
fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)
Fer-In-Sol
fetal growth restriction (FGR)
fetomaternal transfusion
fetofetal transfusion
flaring of ala nasi
floppy infant syndrome
fontanel
footling breech presentation
fragile X syndrome
frog-legs posture

gag reflex
galactose
galactosemia
Galant reflex
gastroschisis
Gaucher disease
gavage feeding
GFR (glomerular filtration rate)
Gilbert syndrome
glomerular filtration rate (GFR)
glycogen storage disease type IV
gonadal mosaics
gonadoblastoma
grunting
grunting & retractions

half-strength formula
harlequin fetus
HDN (hemolytic disease of the newborn)
HBsAg (hepatitis B surface antigen)
Healthdyne apnea monitor
hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN)
hemorrhagic disease of the newborn
hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)
heterotaxia
HFOV (high-frequency oscillating ventilator)
HFV (high-frequency ventilation)
high-frequency oscillating ventilator (HFOV)
high-frequency ventilation (HFV)
hip click
Hirschsprung disease
holoprosencephaly
hydranencephaly
hydrometrocolpos
hydrops fetalis
hyperbilirubinemia
hypertelorism
hypoplastic left heart syndrome

icterus gravis neonatorum
incompatibility (ABO incompatibility)
imperforate anus
IDM (infant of diabetic mother)
Infalyte
iniencephaly
infant of diabetic mother (IDM)
Infant Star ventilator
intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR)
intrauterine pressure catheter (IUPC)
intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH)
IVH (intraventricular hemorrhage)
IUGR (intrauterine growth retardation)
IUPC (intrauterine pressure catheter)

Jadassohn-Lewandowsky syndrome
Jarcho-Levin syndrome
jaundice
jittery baby
jittery infant
Job syndrome
Joubert syndrome

Kallmann syndrome
kangaroo care
Kasabach-Merritt syndrome
keratolysis neonatorum
kernicterus
Kleihauer-Betke test
Klinefelter syndrome
Kreiselman infant warmer

Lact-Aid STARTrainer Nursing System™
Langer-Giedion syndrome
lanugo
large for gestational age (LGA)
Larsen syndrome
Laurence-Moon syndrome
LBW complex (limb-body wall)
LBW (low birth weight)
limb-body wall (LBW) complex
linea nigra
linear skull fracture
lissencephaly
LGA (large for gestational age)
low birth weight (LBW)
Lowe syndrome (oculocerebrorenal)
Lowe-Terrey-MacLachlan syndrome
Lucey-Driscoll syndrome

macrogyria
maple syrup urine
maple syrup urine disease
meconium
meconium ileus
meconium-stained amniotic fluid
megalencephaly
meningocele
microcephaly
microgyria
midgut volvulus
microgyria
milia
miliaria
mixed apnea
mongolian spots
monoamniotic
monochorionic
monosomy
Moro reflex
myeloschisis
myelomeningocele

NALS (neonatal adjuvant life support)
NAS (neonatal abstinence syndrome)
NASS (Neonatal Abstinence Scoring System)
nasal flaring
NEC (necrotizing enterocolitis)
necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
Neocate
neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS)
Neonatal Abstinence Scoring System (NASS)
neonatal adjuvant life support (NALS)
neonatal acne
Neonatal Facial Coding System
neonatal hyperammonemic encephalopathy
Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS)
neonatal mortality risk (NMR)
neonatal sepsis
neonatal thyrotoxicosis
Neo-Calglucon
Neo-Sert
Neotrend system
neural tube defect (NTD)
Niemann-Pick disease
NIPS (Neonatal Infant Pain Scale)
Nissen fundoplication
NMR (neonatal mortality risk)
nonnutritive sucking
Noonan syndrome
NTD (neural tube defect)
Nursoy formula
nutritive sucking
nuchal cord
Nutramigen formula

obstructive apnea
occipital osteodiastasis
oligohydramnios
omphalocele
omphalitis
open crib
Ohio warmer
osteogenesis imperfecta
overhead warmer
Oxy-Hood

PDA (patent ductus arteriosus)
PFO (patent foramen ovale)
pachygyria
Parrot atrophy of the newborn
patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
patent foramen ovale (PFO)
Patau syndrome (trisomy 13)
peak-and-trough levels
Perez reflex
persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN)
phenotype
phototherapy
PIPP (Premature Infant Pain Profile)
PKU test (phenylketonuria)
pneumogram
poikilocytosis
polydactyly
polymicrogyria
polyhydramnios
Poly-Vi-Sol
porencephaly
port-wine mark
positive-pressure ventilation (PPV)
Potter facies
PPHN (persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn)
PPV (positive-pressure ventilation)
Prader-Willi syndrome
Pregestimil formula
Prelone (prednisone)
Premature Infant Pain Profile (PIPP)
ProSobee formula
prune-belly syndrome
pyropoikilocytosis

quarter-strength formula

rachischisis
radiant warmer
RDS (respiratory distress syndrome)
recoil
recombinant human erythropoietin (r-HuEPO)
Recombivax
red reflex
renal vein thrombosis (RVT)
RespiGam
respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)
respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)
Rh incompatibility
r-HuEPO (recombinant human erythropoietin)
Richards-Rundle syndrome
Rieger syndrome
ROP (retinopathy of prematurity)
rooting reflex
Rotor syndrome
rotavirus
RSV (respiratory syncytial virus)
Rubella
RVT (renal vein thrombosis)

sagittal suture
Saldino-Noonan syndrome
San Luis Valley syndrome
schizencephaly
semilobar holoprosencephaly
septo-optic dysplasia
SGA (small for gestational age)
Siemens Servo 300 ventilator
Siemens Servo 900C ventilator
simian crease
Similac
Similac Special Care
Sim SC-20 formula
Sim SC-40 formula
SIMV (synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation)
single-walled incubator
sirenomelia
small for gestational age (SGA)
Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome
SnMP (tin mesoporphyrin)
SnPP (tin protoporphyrin)
spherocytosis
spina bifida
spina bifida occulta
startle reaction
stiff-baby syndrome
stomatocytosis
strawberry mark
subgaleal hemorrhage
synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation (SIMV)
syndactyly
surfactant
Survanta

Tanner stage
TEF (tracheoesophageal fistula)
TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation)
tetralogy of Fallot
tethered cord syndrome
thermoregulation
THI (transient hypogammaglobulinemia of infancy)
TORCH (toxoplasmosis, other agents, rubella, cytomegalovirus herpes simplex) infection
TORCH titer
three-quarter strength formula
tidal volume
tin mesoporphyrin (SnMP)
tin protoporphyrin (SnPP)
total parenteral nutrition (TPN)
toxoplasmosis
TPN (total parenteral nutrition)
tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF)
transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)
transient hypogammaglobulinemia of infancy (THI)
transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTN)
transient neonatal pustular melanosis
tracheoesophageal fistula
trisomy 8
trisomy 11q
trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome)
trisomy 18 (Edward syndrome)
trisomy 21 (Down syndrome)
trisomy 22
trisomy C (trisomy 8)
trisomy D (trisomy 13)
trisomy E (trisomy 18)
TTN (transient tachypnea of the newborn)
Turner syndrome
twin-to-twin transfusion
tyrosinemia

UAC (umbilical artery catheter)
umbilical artery catheter (UAC)
umbilical vein catheter (UVC)
UVC (umbilical vein catheter)

VACTERL (vertebral, anal, cardiac tracheal, esophageal, renal, limb) anomaly
VACTERL syndrome
vacuum extraction
VATER syndrome (vertebral defects, imperforate anus, tracheoesophageal fistula, renal defects)
VCUG (voiding cystourethrogram)
ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VP shunt)
ventriculoseptal defect (VSD)
vernix
very low birth weight (VLBW)
visual response to light
vitiligo
VLBW (very low birth weight)
voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG)
VP shunt (ventriculoperitoneal) shunt
VSD (ventriculoseptal defect)

WAGR syndrome (Wilms tumor, aniridia, gonadoblastoma, mental retardation)
Walker-Warburg syndrome
Wallaby phototherapy system
Wallaby pouch
Wenckebach heart block
Wilms tumor
wind-up (phenomenon)
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
Wolman disease

X-linked disorders
YSI neonatal temperature probe

Zellweger syndrome
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome