WordNet
premature infant
n. an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation [syn: premature baby, preterm baby, preterm infant, preemie, premie]
Usage examples of "premature infant".
Stepping just inside the door, he saw Olivia Bolaji lying in the bed beside the incubator that housed her premature infant.
The equipment for surgery here is completely inadequate, to say nothing of the problem of caring for a premature infant.