Wiktionary
n. 1 The birth of an infant prior to the completion of its prenatal development. 2 (context medicine English): childbirth occurring earlier than 37 completed weeks of gestation, but later than 20th week, which is regarded a miscarriage.
Usage examples of "premature birth".
In spite of her appearance, and the mistrust of her I felt deep within me, she was a woman who could draw out confidences, and I heard myself rattling on about Deptford, and the Dempsters, and Paul's premature birth, though I did not tell all I knew of that.
Jaxom had long outgrown the need for Deelan's fussing but innate kindness and gratitude to her for the milk which had nourished him after his premature birth had long prevented Jaxom from asking Lytol to retire her.
Are we going to let one premature birth, one defective baby—.
Cudney's younger sister ran away in-Territory with some Sime and came home eight months' pregnant and died giving premature birth to Skip—.
The time span was so close to the normal that no tongues could wag, but Pharaoh was blessed with the premature birth that he had come to believe was sd desirable.
Amasa Dempster, bringing about the premature birth of her son Paul and robbing her of her wits, would I at this moment be in bed with Magnus Eisengrim and Liselotte Vitzliputzli in the Savoy Hotel, discussing Staunton's death?
As you and I are well aware, premature birth runs strongly on both sides of our family.
In polite society, people look the other way at such times, then talk about premature birth.
And the premature birth of his invention took place just as he was coming across the field to my bungalow for our afternoon talk and tea.