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"a premature judgment"adjectivetoo soon or too hasty
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"illness led to his premature death"adjectiveuncommonly early or before the expected time
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"a premature infant"adjectiveborn after a gestation period of less than the normal timeOpposite:
Definition that contains premature
- prematurely too soon; in a premature manner
- fixation an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
- incubator apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants
- nicu an intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or seriously ill newborn
- untimely too soon; in a premature manner
- regression an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
- nec an acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants; necrosis of intestinal tissue may follow
- progeria a rare abnormality marked by premature aging (grey hair and wrinkled skin and stooped posture) in a child
- brooder apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants
- prematurity the state of being premature