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prematurity ‎(usually uncountable, plural prematurities)

1. (uncountable) The condition of (a baby, etc.) being premature.
   • 1995, Otfried Spreen, Anthony H. Risser, Dorothy Edgell, Developmental Neuropsychology, page 212,

     The questions of prematurity and low birth weight and the implications for later development are consistent with the theme of risk and vulnerability discussed throughout the book.

   • 2008, Eric C. Eichenwald, Apnea of Prematurity, Dara Brodsky, Mary Ann Ouellette (editors), Primary Care of the Premature Infant, pager 19,

     Apnea of prematurity represents a striking disorder of respiratory control.

   • 2013, Andrew Lyon, 8: Prematurity, Jean W. Keeling (editor), Fetal and Neonatal Pathology, page 207,

     In Table 8.2, problems of prematurity are second only to congenital abnormalities as the cause of neonatal death.

2. Something that is premature or occurs prematurely.
   • 1959, Lawrence E. Lamb (editor), The first International Symposium on Cardiology in Aviation, conducted at the School of Aviation Medicine, 12-13 November, 1959, page 187,

     Those individuals in the third group with 5 to 10 prematurities noted averaged 7 prematurities for every 57 heart beats […] .

   • 1990, Irving Glickman, Glickman's Clinical Periodontology, page 723,

     Not all patients with occlusal prematurities have trauma from occlusion.

   • 2015, Roger Solow, Chapter 14: Centric Relation Records and T-scan Occlusal Analysis of Centric Relation Prematurities, Robert B. Kerstein (editor), Handbook of Research on Computerized Occlusal Analysis Technology, page 666,

     Studies might compare the accuracy of locating Centric Relation prematurities determined by mounted diagnostic models and the T-Scan.

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