preemie
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- noun
- /ˈpriːmi/
- Informal
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prematuro
- Just inside the unit, a baby girl, a preemie, lies motionless in a plexiglass isolette.
- a micro-preemie
- preemie baby
- preemie, 28 weeks
One was a medically fragile preemie and is not yet a year old.
- One was a medically fragile preemie and is not yet a year old.
- Our daughter Caroline was a preemie and Juliet had placenta previa.
- Somewhere soft and prima preemies the diminutive for premature babies.
- And often times they're preemies or children that have been abused or in an accident.
Examples
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I’m a mother to a 3-year-old little guy and my 1-year-old preemie girl who has epilepsy.
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And I was almost a preemie, really not breathing when I was born.
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Thinking it could be her own daughter, she was showing how to take care of a preemie.
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I sometimes wonder if my preemie had been my first, if it would have been harder or easier.
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I rarely ever post on Saturday, but today is National World Preemie Awareness Day.
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Being a first-time mother is hard enough, but being a first-time mother to a preemie is so much worse.
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Our daughter Caroline was a preemie and Juliet had placenta previa.
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The doctors monitored her closely after she gave birth to a preemie who needed special care.
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When my sister had her baby three weeks early, they referred to him as a preemie in the hospital.
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A preemie often requires extra medical attention due to being born before 37 weeks of gestation.
Synonyms
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5.1
A baby born before 37 weeks of pregnancy
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3.1
A baby who is born before 37 weeks of pregnancy
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8.4
A baby born too early before 37 weeks of pregnancy
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3.9
A baby born before 37 weeks of pregnancy
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A baby born before 37 weeks of pregnancy
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4.4
A baby who is born before 37 weeks of pregnancy
Antonyms
How Early
- Informal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
preemie = premature (transparent) = preem + ie
An informal clipped/diminutive form referring to a 'premature (infant)'; speakers who know 'premature' (and the noun 'infant') can readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The word preemie comes from pre- meaning 'before' and premature meaning 'born too early', with the small, nickname ending -ie like in doggie. So a preemie is a baby born 'before' the usual time and often needs special care.