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premature delivery

NOUN

delivery

Synonyms

STRONGEST

birth

STRONG

accouchement bearing birthing childbearing confinement labor lying-in parturition travail

WEAK

Caesarian section bringing forth geniture

Antonyms

WEAK

capture confinement hold imprisonment keeping quiet restraint retention secrecy

Example Sentences

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But the risk to a fetus is dire; infection during pregnancy “usually leads to miscarriage, stillbirth, premature delivery, or life-threatening infection of the newborn,” the CDC says.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024

“We had to perform a premature delivery of the fetus from the mother’s womb while she’s dying,” he said.

From Washington Times • Oct. 28, 2023

But doctors still can't reliably determine which pregnancies are at risk for premature delivery.

From Science Daily • Sep. 28, 2023

A short cervical length indicates a high risk of a premature delivery.

From Salon • Aug. 7, 2023

When they were discovered, she was interrogated by police until she acknowledged that she couldn't be 100 percent sure the infant hadn't moved before death, even though the premature delivery made viability extremely unlikely.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson