premature delivery
Birth before term
Premature delivery is the birth of a baby before the normal term of pregnancy has been completed, typically defined as before 37 weeks of gestation.
The phrase appears in both medical contexts, where it describes early labor and its associated health risks, and in everyday speech about childbirth timing.
The doctors were prepared for a premature delivery after complications arose.
In shipping and logistics, premature delivery simply means goods arrived earlier than scheduled.
- early arrivalComing before expected
- due dateWhen payment is required
- incubatorControlled warming enclosure
- feeding tubeDevice delivering nutrition internally
- preterm laborContractions before 37 weeks
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