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The state of being premature
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prematurity
Word definitions for prematurity in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the state of being premature [syn: prematureness ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. the condition of a baby being premature
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prematurity \Pre`ma*tu"ri*ty\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]maturit['e].] The quality or state of being premature; early, or untimely, ripeness; as, the prematurity of genius.
Usage examples of prematurity.
This altogether extraordinary prematurity of the birth of the human infant, so that throughout the period of its infancy it is dependent on its parents, has led biologists and psychologists to compare our situation with that of marsupials: the kangaroo, for example, which gives birth to its young only three weeks after conception.