Crossword clues for prematurity
prematurity
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prematurity
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.
Wiktionary
prematurity
n. the condition of a baby being premature
WordNet
prematurity
n. the state of being premature [syn: prematureness]
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.