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Neonatal tetanus

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meconium aspiration syndromeMeconium aspiration syndrome, also known as neonatal aspiration of meconium, is a medical condition affecting newborn infants.
neonatal infectionNeonatal infections are infections of the neonate (newborn) acquired during prenatal development or within the first four weeks of life.
neonatal conjunctivitisa form of conjunctivitis (inflammation of the outer eye) which affects newborn babies following birth.
neonatal abstinence syndromenounA withdrawal syndrome of infants after birth, caused by in-utero exposure to dependence-forming drugs.
diffuse infantile fibromatosis
prieur-griscelli syndromenounneonatal onset multisystem inflammatory disease
erythema toxicum neonatoruma common, non-threatening rash in newborns.
congenital syphilissyphilis that occurs when a mother with untreated syphilis passes the infection to her baby during pregnancy or at birth.
omphalitis of newbornthe medical term for inflammation of the umbilical cord stump in the neonatal newborn period, most commonly attributed to a bacterial infection.
congenital melanocytic nevusThe congenital melanocytic nevus is a type of melanocytic nevus (or mole) found in infants at birth.
neonatal meningitisa serious medical condition in infants that is rapidly fatal if untreated.
neonatal sepsisa type of neonatal infection and specifically refers to the presence in a newborn baby of a bacterial blood stream infection (such as meningitis, pneumonia, pyelonephritis, or gastroenteritis) in the setting of fever.
neonatal herpes simplex
tetanismnoun(medicine) A form of more or less continuous muscular hypertonicity sometimes seen in young infants.
persistent truncus arteriosusnoun(pathology) A congenital cardiac defect characterised by the failure of division of the embryological structure of truncus arteriosus.
infant mortalitynounThe occurrence of death of very young children under one year old.
tetanusnoun(pathology, usually uncountable) A serious and often fatal disease caused by the infection of an open wound with the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani, found in soil and the intestines and faeces of animals.
congenital rubella syndromeCongenital rubella syndrome occurs when a human fetus is infected with the rubella virus (German measles) via maternal-fetal transmission and develops birth defects.
premature birthnoun(medicine) Childbirth occurring earlier than 37 completed weeks of gestation, but later than 20th week, which is regarded a miscarriage.
pseudotetanusnounA group of symptoms resembling those of tetanus, but not actually caused by tetanus.

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