prematurity

American  

[pree-muh-choor-i-tee] / ˌpri məˈtʃʊər ɪ ti /

noun

1. the state, quality, or time period of being premature.

2. in humans, the state of having been born before 37 weeks gestation.

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Example Sentences

In 2024, for example, more than 700 newborns died from spontaneous bleeding in their brains, which could have been complicated by liver disease or prematurity.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

The central bank left its policy rate unchanged March 18, citing prematurity to assess the war’s economic effect and contained energy cost risk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Later, a nurse with nicotine stains on her fingernails, tells my parents I have developed retinopathy of prematurity, an eye condition caused by all that one-hundo oxygen.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2024

The second trimester was the most critical time in determining extreme prematurity, the researchers said.

From Washington Times • Dec. 7, 2023

Her father had a strong dislike to prematurity, and feared that communication with the world would too soon teach her art and disguise, the last things he would have chosen to anticipate.

From A Description of Millenium Hall And the Country Adjacent Together with the Characters of the Inhabitants and Such Historical Anecdotes and Reflections As May Excite in the Reader Proper Sentiments of Humanity, and Lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue by Scott, Sarah