preterm
occurring earlier in pregnancy than expected; premature: preterm labor.
a baby born prematurely, especially one born before the 37th week of pregnancy and weighing less than 5½ pounds (2.5 kilograms).
Origin of preterm
1Words Nearby preterm
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use preterm in a sentence
So if a pregnant woman skips an appointment or an exam, there’s a possibility that a problem in her pregnancy that could lead to a preterm birth will go undetected.
Brazil’s most vulnerable are struggling to survive the stress of covid | Jill Langlois | June 25, 2021 | MIT Technology Review“This is a three-pound baby, not a six-to-12-pound baby,” Glenn said, explaining that preterm labor is usually faster given the baby’s small size.
The hospital patient database has gaps that complicated any analysis of extremely preterm babies’ outcomes.
I Received Tips to Look Into How a Hospital Treated Premature Babies. Getting Data Was Nearly Impossible. | by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth | April 5, 2021 | ProPublicaMedicaid records indicate that some extremely preterm babies wind up at New Mexico hospitals that are not equipped to care for them.
No One in This State Is Officially Tracking the Quality of Care in Neonatal Centers | by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth | March 31, 2021 | ProPublicaThe group declined the news organizations’ request for mortality rates of extremely preterm babies at Lovelace and Presbyterian.
How We Investigated Death Rates for Extremely Preterm Babies in This State’s Largest Maternity Hospitals | by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth | March 30, 2021 | ProPublica
“I went into preterm labor at 22 weeks with my son… I hope one day we both can have healthy babies,” a woman writes.
Parents of Stillborn Babies Post Hundreds of Memorials to YouTube | Brandy Zadrozny | November 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd a 2010 study found a link between women who drank diet soda while pregnant and the risk of preterm delivery.
British Dictionary definitions for preterm
/ (ˌpriːˈtɜːm) /
(of a baby) born prematurely
prematurely
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse