premature birth
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English
Noun
premature birth (plural premature births)
- The birth of an infant prior to the completion of its prenatal development.
- (medicine) Childbirth occurring earlier than 37 completed weeks of gestation, but later than 20th week, which is regarded a miscarriage.
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birth of an infant prior to the completion of its prenatal development
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childbirth occurring earlier than 37 completed weeks of gestation
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