preterm

Examples

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• What about comparing the children that are preterm from more economically disadvantaged to those who have advantages in terms of health outcomes down the road?

• But I've also somehow been suckered into volunteering to tend the three children under the age of three years old of a woman in 'preterm labor' who was supposedly at the hospital having a baby, but instead was out shopping at Macy's with her husband.

  Blog text (8)

• I was several weeks preterm; not quite a preemie, but earlyish.

  Blog text (19)

• Overall, 4.2% of birth outcomes were low birthweight and 9.1% were preterm.

  Academic text (2011)

• This parent-to-parent peer support paired mothers with trained mothers who previously had a preterm infant, who provided principally telephone support in reducing stress among mothers.

  Academic text (2008)

• So many of us who lose a child too soon (whether a miscarriage at 9 weeks, a stillbirth, or preterm labor—or ever... no one should lose a child ever) hear hurtful words like what you describe.

  Blog text (20)

• Some babies are born preterm when their mothers go into labor before 37 weeks.

• The hospital has specialized care for preterm infants who need extra support after birth.

Synonyms

P

premature

vspreterm

40 4.2

Born too early during pregnancy

is for births occurring earlier often before 37 weeks of pregnancy

Compounds

P

preterm baby

• Specialized

1 3.9

A baby born before 37 weeks of pregnancy

P

preterm infant

• Specialized

1 4.4

A baby who is born before 37 weeks of pregnancy

How Early

preterm

• Specialized

1 5.3

full-term

4 3.7

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Etymology