premature birth

English

Noun

premature birth (plural premature births)

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

Related terms

• preemie
• preterm birth

Translations

birth of an infant prior to the completion of its prenatal development

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 早產兒／早产儿 (zh) (zǎochǎn'ér), 早产儿 (zh) (zǎochǎn'ér)

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• Dutch: vroeggeboorte f
• Finnish: ennenaikainen synnytys

childbirth occurring earlier than 37 completed weeks of gestation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 早產／早产 (zh) (zǎochǎn), 早产 (zh) (zǎochǎn)

• Czech: předčasný porod m
• Dutch: vroeggeboorte f
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• Finnish: ennenaikainen synnytys
• Hungarian: koraszülés (hu)
• Polish: wcześniactwo (pl) n
• Spanish: nacimiento prematuro m