I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an infant school British English (= for children aged 5 to 7 )
child/infant prodigy
infant mortality rate
infant/child/maternal/adult mortality
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an appallingly high infant mortality rate number of babies who die
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
human
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But he observed that human infants are not self-supporting, so how did these first humans survive to perpetuate the species?
newborn
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What are the factors that result in either early or delayed feelings of love for a newborn infant ?
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Further studies are needed to validate the suggested criteria for newborn infants .
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The 2-year-old is cognitively and affectively different from the newborn infant .
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Retractions were sensitive but not specific, and grunting was not significantly associated with hypoxaemia in these newborn infants .
premature
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We believe that a multicentre trial with clearly defined outcome measures is necessary to recruit an adequate number of premature infants .
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Naturally, this is much more difficult for the parents of a premature infant .
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In newborns, especially premature infants , this liver enzyme system is not fully developed or functional.
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When premature infants who are unresponsive are taken out of the incubator, she usually takes over their care.
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An understanding of how small premature infants develop compared with babies born at term can also help this relationship.
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Parents have an easier time adapting to premature infants who are more responsive.
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In one study, the half-life of caffeine in premature infants ranged from 41 to 231 hours.
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Communication between everyone involved in the care of a premature or sick infant is a daily necessity.
young
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For any fever in the young infant - less than 4 months.
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In large families girls are often expected to assume the care of young infants until they deliver their own.
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Do whatever is necessary to get a very sick young infant seen.
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Sander has emphasized that the quiet alert state in a young infant is extremely stable.
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Grandmothers approached us, playful girls and young women with infants slung in cloths across their backs.
■ NOUN
care
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The two changes in infant care practice had a temporal relation with mass publicity accompanying fund raising for the Cot Death Association.
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This paradox has prompted research on the potential contribution of varying infant care practices to the prevention of deaths from this syndrome.
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In Britain two examples of cohort studies provide descriptive accounts of patterns of infant care in urban communities.
death
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The risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome within groups were remarkably similar.
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Bristol is at the forefront of the fight against a number of childhood conditions, including cancer and sudden infant death .
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During the fieldwork period, sudden infant deaths received enormous publicity in the national media.
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Risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome were calculated separately for Maori and non-Maori children.
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This, of course, assumes that these variables are causally related to sudden infant death syndrome and are independent.
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In total these four risk factors accounted for 89% of Maori and 79% of non-Maori sudden infant deaths .
mortality
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In one trial, installation of the equipment reduced infant mortality from 10 percent of the litter to 0.5 percent.
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Further reduction of infant mortality and chronic handicap depends increasingly on prevention of such disorders.
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High infant mortality made such events of doubtful political importance.
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Nevertheless, the reasons for the striking decline in infant mortality in this period remain rather mysterious.
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This drop in mortality was above all a drop in infant mortality.
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The relationship between maternal age and infant mortality stands not only across countries and populations but also with passing time.
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Prior to World War I, infant mortality rates in the workhouses were more than double the rate for the entire population.
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As mentioned above, the rate of reduction in the level of infant mortality was not uniform in each maternal age group.
school
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Children attended infant school until they were seven.
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This infant school was sometimes part of a junior school which catered for seven to eleven year olds.
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At this time Syeduz was nearly six and in his second term in the infant school .
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An infant school built in 1840 served both Seaton and Sigglesthorne.
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Read in studio An infant school has reopened after being severely damaged by arsonists.
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The children have been followed through infant school .
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Sailors will also be joining classes at Hurworth junior and infant school .
son
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Jorgan, his infant son by his wife Kitty.
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His two infant sons had died within a few days of one another in April 1541.
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The yellow metal box that was fixed to the brickwork on the greengrocer's shop reminded Lee Sorvino of his infant son .
teacher
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Ah, but here was a job: the infant teacher was called away for half an hour.
■ VERB
hold
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Carey stood up, the fish held in the crook of his arm, as you would hold an infant .
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Despite other examples around her and recommendations, Monica held her dolls and children as she had been held as an infant .
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Soon a line of toddlers and caretakers holding infants joined Miles's parade, weaving their way throughout the room.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Her parents both died when she was an infant .
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The couple have a three-year-old son and an infant daughter.
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There are clear differences in speed of learning between infants at this early stage.
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There has been a sharp rise in infant mortality since the drought began.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An infant illuminates the foreground so brightly that the background fades.
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Doctors and other health experts consider it wise to safeguard infants by giving supplementary vitamins.
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Grandmothers approached us, playful girls and young women with infants slung in cloths across their backs.
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I believe the First Mate, Mr Brown, treated me kindly; he consigned my dead infant to its watery fate.
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I must give you my personal assurances that this infant is receiving perfect care.
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Measuring the infant , administering vitamin K and eye ointment, and bathing the infant must be saved for later. 6.
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The key similarity for Freud lies in the dominance of unconscious processes both for infants and for early man.
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
care
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It does not require science to inform us that infants require infant care and children require child care.
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But because men lack the experience and confidence, infant care training can help.
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Most of the rest are self-conscious and feel as awkward doing infant care as they would pirouetting in a tutu.
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We have been reared like our brothers to develop our potential, not to mind younger siblings and learn about infant care .
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On the practical side, a supplementary bottle-feeding makes it a lot easier for men to participate in infant care .
daughter
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C., with their infant daughter , Constancia, who came to be known as Dinky.
death
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As in all cities, the infant death rate in Washington fluctuates from year to year.
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If you halved the ratio of population per physician, you reduced the number of infant deaths by 2. 5 percent.
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If, however, you doubled secondary female education, you reduced infant death by an enormous 64 percent.
mortality
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Schooling is the route to lowering infant mortality .
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A final factor that affects the number of children desired by developing world couples is infant mortality .
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Amongthe poorest 25 % of the rural population, infant mortality is 3.5 times higher than among city dwellers.
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Declines in infant mortality may have contributed indirectly to declining fertility, though evidence on the matter is inconclusive.
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Anhui officials produced impressive statistics for the decline in infant mortality in the county visited.
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The correlation between infant mortality and fertility has not been well documented.
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Tampa General Hospital created a subsidiary to combat infant mortality .
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In a region where infant mortality is high, the argument struck a responsive chord.
son
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With her infant son in her arms, Perpetua was imprisoned while waiting to be baptized.
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He has an infant son , and leaving the area would have been difficult.
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A couple charged with abuse so severe it left their infant son blind and brain-damaged.
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Later in the evening, Teacher Song and his wife, who lived next door, came over with their infant son .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But because men lack the experience and confidence, infant care training can help.
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Improved nutrition, poverty reduction, maternal education and better medical services have combined to halve infant mortality.
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It does not require science to inform us that infants require infant care and children require child care.
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These prompted a resourceful Hodder editor to ask the Naylors whether their concept could be adapted into books for infant school children.