FULL-TERM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does full-term mean? 

• FULL-TERM (adjective)
  The adjective FULL-TERM has 1 sense:

1. gestated for the entire duration of normal pregnancy

  Familiarity information: FULL-TERM used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FULL-TERM (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gestated for the entire duration of normal pregnancy

Context example:

a healthy full-term baby

Also:

mature (having reached full natural growth or development)

Antonym:

premature (born after a gestation period of less than the normal time)

 Context examples 

The babies were pre-term and full-term, ranging from 30 to 42 weeks gestational age (equivalent), so their development could reflect what's typical in the last trimester of pregnancy.

(Baby Hiccups Key to Brain Development, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

But their study does open up areas for researching potential diagnostic tests, new medications, improved dietary supplements or other changes that could help more women have full-term pregnancies, all areas which will require several more years of study.

(New Genetic Discovery May Eventually End Premature Birth, VOA)

Even late preterm babies, those born between 34 and 36 weeks of gestation, are more likely to die or experience problems, even if they are the size and weight of some full-term infants born after 37 to 41 weeks in the womb.

(New Genetic Discovery May Eventually End Premature Birth, VOA)