preemie

English

Alternative forms

• premie, premy

Etymology

From prem(ature) +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹiːmi/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

preemie (plural preemies)

1. (informal) A baby that has been born prematurely.

   Synonym: pretermer

   Hypernyms: newborn, neonate; infant; baby < person

   Hyponym: micropreemie

   • 2003 February 10, David Bjerklie, “A Campaign For Preemies”, in Time‎^[1], archived from the original on 20 January 2011:

     Prematurity is the leading cause of neonatal death, and preemies who survive are at risk for lifelong health problems.

Derived terms

• micropreemie

Translations

premature baby

• Azerbaijani: düşük
• Bulgarian: седмаче n (sedmače)
• Czech: předčasně narozené dítě
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: prematuurtje n
• Finnish: keskonen (fi)
• French: prématuré (fr) m
• Galician: prematuro (gl) m
• German: Frühchen (de) n
• Hebrew: פג (he) m (pág)
• Icelandic: ófullburða barn n
• Italian: prematuro (it) m
• Maori: tamaiti kokoti tau
• Polish: wcześniak (pl) m
• Portuguese: prematuro (pt) m
• Romanian: copil născut prematur m
• Russian: недоно́сок (ru) m (nedonósok), недоно́шенный ребёнок m (nedonóšennyj rebjónok)
• Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
• Slovene: nedonošenček m
• Swedish: förtidsfödd c

Anagrams

• epimere