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PREMATURE INFANT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does premature infant mean?

• PREMATURE INFANT (noun)
The noun PREMATURE INFANT has 1 sense:

1. an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation

Familiarity information: PREMATURE INFANT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PREMATURE INFANT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

preemie; premature baby; premature infant; premie; preterm baby; preterm infant

Hypernyms ("premature infant" is a kind of...):

neonate; newborn; newborn baby; newborn infant (a baby from birth to four weeks)

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