PREMATURITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prematurity mean? 

• PREMATURITY (noun)
  The noun PREMATURITY has 1 sense:

1. the state of being premature

  Familiarity information: PREMATURITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PREMATURITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being premature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

prematureness; prematurity

Hypernyms ("prematurity" is a kind of...):

immatureness; immaturity (not having reached maturity)

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

An immature state in which retinopathy of prematurity cannot be established.

(Immature Retinopathy of Prematurity, NCI Thesaurus)

A finding that indicates the presence of immature retinal vessels as a result of prematurity.

(Immature Retinal Vasculature, NCI Thesaurus)

While the study doesn’t provide information about how to prevent prematurity, Muglia says it could eventually do that.

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

Retinopathy of prematurity occurs in premature infants who are born before the retinal vessels complete their normal growth.

(Immature Retinopathy of Prematurity, NICHD)

It is also associated with vitamin A, C, or D deficiency, infectious disease, prematurity, birth injury, Rh incompatibility, trauma, or local infection.

(Enamel Hypoplasia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

He’s also the principal investigator of one of the March of Dimes’ five prematurity research centers.

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