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PREMIE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does premie mean? 

PREMIE (noun)
  The noun PREMIE has 1 sense:

1. an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestationplay

  Familiarity information: PREMIE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PREMIE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

preemie; premature baby; premature infant; premie; preterm baby; preterm infant

Hypernyms ("premie" is a kind of...):

neonate; newborn (a baby from birth to four weeks)


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