Usually means: Birth before 37 weeks gestation.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word preterm:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. preterm: Merriam-Webster
  2. preterm: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. preterm: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. preterm: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Preterm, preterm: Wordnik
  6. preterm: Wiktionary
  7. preterm: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. preterm: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. preterm: Dictionary.com
  10. Preterm: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. preterm: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. preterm: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. preterm: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. preterm: Medical dictionary
  4. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (preterm)

▸ adjective:  Of a premature birth or baby.
▸ noun:  A premature birth or baby.

Similar:
previous, unpremature, prepartum, premature, prebirth, præmature, primature, untimely, immature, premutation, more...

Opposite:
full-term, mature, on-time

Types:
induced abortion, threatened abortion, inevitable abortion, missed abortion, septic abortion, more...

Phrases:
preterm labor, preterm infant, preterm delivery, Preterm birth, preterm baby, more...

Adjectives:
healthy, normal, very, more, sick, risk, newborn, term, old, premature, small

Colors:
    light pink,     baby blue,     pastel yellow,     soft lavender,     mint green, more...

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Similar:
previous, unpremature, prepartum, premature, prebirth, præmature, primature, untimely, immature, premutation, more...

Opposite:
full-term, mature, on-time

Types:
induced abortion, threatened abortion, inevitable abortion, missed abortion, septic abortion, more...

Phrases:
preterm labor, preterm infant, preterm delivery, Preterm birth, preterm baby, more...

Adjectives:
healthy, normal, very, more, sick, risk, newborn, term, old, premature, small

Colors:
    light pink,     baby blue,     pastel yellow,     soft lavender,     mint green, more...



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