postmature infant

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   infant born after 42 weeks of gestation; usually shows signs of placental insufficiency

   Broaderneonate

Questions about postmature infant

What does postmature infant mean?

postmature infant means "infant born after 42 weeks of gestation; usually shows signs of placental insufficiency".

Is postmature infant a common word?

postmature infant is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.