premature birth

/P R IY0 M AH0 CH UH1 R B ER0 TH/

noun

1
(medicine) Childbirth occurring earlier than 37 completed weeks of gestation, but later than 20th week, which is regarded a miscarriage.
2
The birth of an infant prior to the completion of its prenatal development.

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