Pretermer

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

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"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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