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pre⋅ma⋅ture

  [pree-muh-choor, -toor, -tyoor, pree-muh-choor or, especially Brit., prem-uh-, prem-uh-]
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–adjective
1. occurring, coming, or done too soon: a premature announcement.
2. mature or ripe before the proper time.
–noun
3. a premature infant.
Origin:
1520–30; < L praemātūrus. See pre-, mature

Related forms:
pre⋅ma⋅ture⋅ly, adverb
pre⋅ma⋅tu⋅ri⋅ty, pre⋅ma⋅ture⋅ness, noun
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pre·ma·ture   (prē'mə-tyŏŏr', -tŏŏr', -chŏŏr')   
adj.  

  1. Occurring, growing, or existing before the customary, correct, or assigned time; uncommonly or unexpectedly early: a premature end.

  2. Born after a gestation period of less than the normal time: a premature infant.


[Middle English, ripe, from Latin praemātūrus, ripe too early : prae-, pre- + mātūrus, ripe; see mā-1 in Indo-European roots.]
pre'ma·ture'ly adv., pre'ma·ture'ness, pre'ma·tu'ri·ty n.
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Word Origin & History

premature 
c.1529, from L. præmaturus "early ripe" (as fruit), "too early," from præ- "before" + maturus "ripe, timely" (see mature). Premature ejaculation is 1910, previously referred to in L. as ejaculatio præcox.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2premature
Function: noun
: PREEMIE
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

premature pre·ma·ture (prē'mə-ty&oobreve;r', -t&oobreve;r', -ch&oobreve;r')
adj.

  1. Occurring or developing before the usual or expected time.

  2. Born after a gestation period of less than the normal time, especially, in human infants, after a period of less than 37 weeks.

pre'ma·tu'ri·ty or pre'ma·ture'ness n.

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