premie
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8.4
- noun
- /ˈpriːmi/
- Informal
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prematuro
- This is separate from infant mortality, since it depends on how you count them and how many premies you have in the first place.
Examples
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Some countries call failure to save an early premie a miscarriage, and that changes the infant mortality rates.
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The book has a special section for fragile kids (premies, e.g.) and emphasizes that you have to treat them just like regular kids, but even my brief brush with the 'your child is wasting away' mentality has left some scars.
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A lot of premies have respiratory and heart problems.
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This isn't due to saving more premies or having a lower age of viability.
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Infant mortality rates depend on how you categorize premies.
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The problem is mustard oil increases body temperature, as you can imagine, and if used on a premie whose skin hasn't fully developed yet, it can burn badly.
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Modern medicine has allowed the survival of small premies and big babies, both of which were at high risk of death, and both traits are heritable.
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To see him do a total anomalous pulmonary venous return on a 5-pound premie was like watching Monet paint.
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The doctors provided specialized care for the premie born at just 32 weeks.
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Many premies require time in an incubator to help them grow and develop.
Synonyms
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8.0
A baby born before 37 weeks of pregnancy
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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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4.0
A baby born before 37 weeks of pregnancy
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3.9
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 Premature
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Premie is a short, friendly form of premature. Premature breaks into pre- meaning 'before' and mature meaning 'ready', so a premie is a baby born 'before' it is fully 'ready'.