TERM INFANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does term infant mean? 

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

1. infant born at a gestational age between 37 and 42 completed weeks

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TERM INFANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Infant born at a gestational age between 37 and 42 completed weeks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

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

 Context examples 

It may affect fetal growth and result in withdrawal symptoms in the term infant.

(In Utero Drug Exposure, NCI Thesaurus)

Pre-term infants are particularly prone to hiccups, as they spend an estimated 1% of their time hiccupping—roughly 15 minutes a day.

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

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)