Pretermer
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Synonym of preemie (“baby born prematurely”).
"This particular subject will not be discussed in detail in this text because, as mentioned above, we are concerned here with the normal, and "pretermers" are certainly not the normal."
Synonyms
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More examples"This particular subject will not be discussed in detail in this text because, as mentioned above, we are concerned here with the normal, and "pretermers" are certainly not the normal."
Etymology
From preterm + -er.
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