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PREMATURE BABY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does premature baby mean?
• PREMATURE BABY (noun)
The noun PREMATURE BABY has 1 sense:
1. an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation
Familiarity information: PREMATURE BABY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 baby" is a kind of...):
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