newborn

See also: Newborn and new-born

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From new +‎ born.

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newborn

  1. Recently born.
    newborn baby
    newborn child
  2. Born anew, reborn.

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newborn (plural newborns or newborn)

  1. A recently born baby.
    • 2025 December 5, Aria Bendix and Erika Edwards, “CDC advisory panel rolls back universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendation”, in NBC News[1]:
      The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel on Friday rolled back a decadeslong recommendation that all newborns get a first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth.

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