What does Preterm mean?
Definitions for Preterm
priˈtɜrmpreterm
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pretermnoun
A premature birth or baby.
pretermadjective
Of a premature birth or baby.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Preterm in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Preterm in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of Preterm in a Sentence
The risk of overall death and death from chronic diseases in the young adults ages that we studied( up to a maximum of 50 years) is very low. I would encourage anyone born before full term to let their doctor know if they are born preterm so that adequate risk assessments can be performed and life style changes and treatments can be applied appropriately to prevent chronic diseases.
Their finding that there is a little bit more stress in the group of parents who had preterm infants was not such a surprise.
The population health impacts are likely to be even higher in countries such as the United States, that have a much higher prevalence of both early-term and preterm birth. Future studies should examine early-term birth as a separate group whenever feasible to better understand its long-term health trajectory in adulthood.
We compared siblings and found that the risk was higher in a preterm born compared to their full born sibling. This made us conclude that increased risk in preterm born could not be fully explained by factors that siblings share, like genetic factors or socioeconomic factors, living conditions or lifestyle factors in childhood.
Preterm and early-term birth should now be recognized as chronic conditions that require long-term clinical follow-up for preventive actions, monitoring, and treatment of health sequelae( consequences) across the life course.
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