term infant

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   infant born at a gestational age between 37 and 42 completed weeks

   Broaderneonate

Questions about term infant

What does term infant mean?

term infant means "infant born at a gestational age between 37 and 42 completed weeks".

Is term infant a common word?

term 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.