noun · academic
infanthood
/ˈɪn.fənt.hʊd/IN·fant·hood
the state or period of being an infant; the very early part of childhood
Examples
“Proper nutrition during infanthood can influence learning ability later on.”
“Many vaccination schedules are designed for infants in infanthood.”
“Researchers study brain development in infanthood to understand later behaviour.”
Band 8 sentence
“Longitudinal studies indicate that environmental stressors during infanthood can have measurable effects on cognitive development decades later.”
Collocations
- during infanthood
- early infanthood
- survive infanthood
Word family
Common mistakes
in the infanthood→in infancy / during infanthood
many infanthoods→infanthood (uncountable) / cases of infanthood
Say it for a higher band
5baby years→6infancy→7+infanthood
Synonyms
infancy
Easily confused
infancy
“The research was still in its infancy and needed more data.”
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