isolette

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A small enclosed bed with clear sides that keeps babies who were born early or are sick warm

noun
/ˌaɪsəˈlɛt/

Specialized

: isoleta

The nurse carefully adjusted the settings on the isolette to maintain the baby's temperature and humidity.
babies in isolettes

Examples

" At least he's not in an isolette," I say.

Fiction book (2001)
The next night, they disconnect Nicky from the monitors and move him to an isolette.

Fiction book (2001)
In a little while, he'll be out of the isolette.

Fiction book (1995)
And then I lean forward and press my lips to the smooth, solid glass of the isolette.

Fiction book (2001)
Rows of babies in isolettes are positioned near the viewing window.

Fiction book (1998)
Nettie Lee stood at her granddaughter's Isolette, watching the baby twitch in her sleep.

Fiction book (1994)
Martha turned back toward Riley's Isolette, slid her hands out of the ports, and opened the lid.

Fiction book (1994)
Just inside the unit, a baby girl, a preemie, lies motionless in a plexiglass isolette.

Fiction book (2001)
The nurse nods, moves to an isolette containing a swaddled baby, its head obscured by the blanket.

Fiction book (1998)
Inside the nursery, Riley's mother, a curly-headed thirtyish woman, pushed the Isolette closer to the glass and mouthed the word "Okay?"

Fiction book (1994)

Surface Forms

isolette singular

isolette plural

Morphology

isolette = isolate (semi-transparent) = isolate + ette

Built from 'isolate' plus the diminutive '-ette' meaning a small isolating enclosure; the composition is interpretable but the exact medical referent (incubator) is specialized.

Etymology

Isolette comes from the word isolate ('to keep apart') and the small ending -ette ('small'). So an isolette is a small, enclosed crib that keeps a baby separated, warm, and protected.