NICU baby
Tiny hospitalized newborn
A NICU baby is an infant receiving care in a neonatal intensive care unit—a hospital ward for newborns with serious medical conditions.
These babies are typically premature, underweight, or born with complications requiring specialized monitoring and treatment: Our NICU baby came home after six weeks.
The term carries connotations of fragility and the anxious early days of parenthood.
- prematureOccurring before expected
- incubatorControlled warming enclosure
- ventilatorMechanical breathing apparatus
- tinyExtremely small in size
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
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