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Definition of Premature infant
1. Noun. An infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation.
Generic synonyms: Neonate, Newborn, Newborn Baby, Newborn Infant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Premature Infant
Literary usage of Premature infant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Diseases of Infancy and Childhood: For the Use of Students and by Luther Emmett Holt, John Howland (1917)
"The feeding of the premature infant is not less important than the maintenance
of heat and proper ventilation. Infants at eight months and those weighing ..."
2. The Diseases of Infancy and Childhood: For the Use of Students and by Luther Emmett Holt, John Howland (1911)
"The feeding of the premature infant is not less important than the maintenance
of heat and proper ventilation. Infants at eight months and those weighing ..."
3. Simplified Infant Feeding: With Seventy-five Illustrative Cases by Roger Herbert Dennett (1915)
"Four factors determine success in keeping a premature infant alive and making it
thrive : First, equitable temperature; second, little handling; third, ..."
4. Simplified Infant Feeding: With Eighty Illustrative Cases by Roger Herbert Dennett (1920)
"Four factors determine success in keeping a premature infant alive and making it
thrive : First, equitable temperature; second, little handling; third, ..."
5. The Diseases of Infancy and Childhood: For the Use of Students and by Luther Emmett Holt, John Howland (1911)
"The feeding of the premature infant is not less important than the maintenance
of heat and proper ventilation. Infants at eight months and those weighing ..."
6. Infant Feeding by Clifford Groselle Grulee (1917)
"PART IV NUTRITION IN OTHER CONDITIONS CHAPTER XVIII THE premature infant THE
premature infant presents problems due to under- development. ..."
7. Pediatrics: The Hygienic and Medical Treatment of Children by Thomas Morgan Rotch (1895)
"Sugar is needed to keep up the animal heat of the premature infant, ... Sugar,
therefore, is an important element in the premature infant's food, ..."
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