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Meaning of PREMATURITY

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  the state of being premature
 
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 Synonyms: prematureness
 
 See Also: immatureness, immaturity

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pre`ma*tu"ri*ty\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]maturit['e].]
The quality or state of being premature; early, or untimely,
ripeness; as, the prematurity of genius.
 
Medical Dictionary
 
 Definition: The current terminology is preterm.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: This is the birth of a fetus of 28 to 36 weeks gestational age; the normal gestational term of 38 weeks has not been completed.
 

 

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