prematurity
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
prematurity (usually uncountable, plural prematurities)
- (uncountable) The condition of (a baby, etc.) being premature.
- 1995, Otfried Spreen, Anthony H. Risser, Dorothy Edgell, Developmental Neuropsychology, page 212:
- The questions of prematurity and low birth weight and the implications for later development are consistent with the theme of risk and vulnerability discussed throughout the book.
- 2008, Eric C. Eichenwald, “Apnea of Prematurity”, in Dara Brodsky, Mary Ann Ouellette, editors, Primary Care of the Premature Infant, page 19:
- Apnea of prematurity represents a striking disorder of respiratory control.
- 2013, Andrew Lyon, “8: Prematurity”, in Jean W. Keeling, editor, Fetal and Neonatal Pathology, page 207:
- In Table 8.2, problems of prematurity are second only to congenital abnormalities as the cause of neonatal death.
- Something that is premature or occurs prematurely.
- 1959, Lawrence E. Lamb, editor, The first International Symposium on Cardiology in Aviation, conducted at the School of Aviation Medicine, 12-13 November, 1959, page 187:
- Those individuals in the third group with 5 to 10 prematurities noted averaged 7 prematurities for every 57 heart beats […] .
- 1990, Irving Glickman, Glickman's Clinical Periodontology, page 723:
- Not all patients with occlusal prematurities have trauma from occlusion.
- 2015, Roger Solow, “Chapter 14: Centric Relation Records and T-scan Occlusal Analysis of Centric Relation Prematurities”, in Robert B. Kerstein, editor, Handbook of Research on Computerized Occlusal Analysis Technology, page 666:
- Studies might compare the accuracy of locating Centric Relation prematurities determined by mounted diagnostic models and the T-Scan.
Synonyms edit
- (condition of being premature): prematureness; see also Thesaurus:earliness
Translations edit
condition of being premature
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