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Definition of Prematurity
1. Noun. The state of being premature.
Generic synonyms: Immatureness, Immaturity
Derivative terms: Premature, Premature, Premature, Premature
Definition of Prematurity
1. n. The quality or state of being premature; early, or untimely, ripeness; as, the prematurity of genius.
Definition of Prematurity
1. Noun. the condition of a baby being premature ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prematurity
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Prematurity
Literary usage of Prematurity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practice of Obstetrics: Designed for the Use of Students and by James Clifton Edgar (1916)
"prematurity. Introduction.—The premature expulsion of the contents of the uterus
is necessarily fatal before a certain period at which the fetus becomes ..."
2. The Diseases of Children: A Work for the Practising Physician by Meinhard von Pfaundler, Arthur Schlossmann, Henry Larned Keith Shaw, Linnæus Edford La Fétra (1908)
"AS MASCHKE, CLEVELAND, O. prematurity and congenital debility are often looked
upon as synonymous terms. However, it is apparent from the very meaning of ..."
3. Protecting Children in Substance-Abusing Families by Vickie Kropenske, Judy Howard (1995)
"prematurity prematurity is defined as birth at less than 37 weeks of ...
prematurity in and of itself poses a distinct set of biological risks that can ..."
4. Fables in Song by Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton Lytton (1874)
"prematurity. 1. IP aught in nature be unnatural, It is the slaying by a springtide
frost Of Spring's own children : cheated blossoms all, Betray'd i' the ..."
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