Meanings
nounpremature birth (plural premature births)
plural premature births
- medicineChildbirth occurring earlier than 37 completed weeks of gestation, but later than 20th week, which is regarded a miscarriage.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 早產兒 /早产儿, 早產 /早产
- 早產兒 /早产儿 (zǎochǎn'ér)birth of an infant prior to the completion of its prenatal development
- 早產 /早产 (zǎochǎn)childbirth occurring earlier than 37 completed weeks of gestation
Czech předčasný porod
- předčasný porodchildbirth occurring earlier than 37 completed weeks of gestation
Dutch vroeggeboorte, vroeggeboorte
- vroeggeboortebirth of an infant prior to the completion of its prenatal development
- vroeggeboortechildbirth occurring earlier than 37 completed weeks of gestation
Finnish ennenaikainen synnytys, ennenaikainen synnytys
- ennenaikainen synnytysbirth of an infant prior to the completion of its prenatal development
- ennenaikainen synnytyschildbirth occurring earlier than 37 completed weeks of gestation
Hungarian koraszülés
- koraszüléschildbirth occurring earlier than 37 completed weeks of gestation
Polish wcześniactwo
- wcześniactwochildbirth occurring earlier than 37 completed weeks of gestation
Spanish nacimiento prematuro
- nacimiento prematurochildbirth occurring earlier than 37 completed weeks of gestation
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APA
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“premature birth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premature%20birth. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
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