preterm infant

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   an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation

   Synonymspremature babypreterm babypremature infantpreemiepremie

   Broaderneonate

Questions about preterm infant

What does preterm infant mean?

preterm infant means "an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation".

What is another word for preterm infant?

Close synonyms include premature baby, preterm baby, premature infant, preemie, premie. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is preterm infant a common word?

preterm 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.