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<br/>[[60#605|605]]-5 {{TofT|Lang=en|Ed=II|N=5|Te=Prematurity}}
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{{TofT|Lang=ru|Ed=II|N=6|Te=Вес при рождении}}
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{{TofT|Lang=es|Ed=II|N=8|Te=Nacidos vivos prematuros}}
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{{TofT|Lang=zh|Ed=II|N=8|Te=发育不全}}
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{{TofT|Lang=fr|Ed=II|N=9|Te=Débiles}}
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{{TofT|Lang=zh|Ed=II|N=9|Te=虚弱}}
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|605_1_1_en_II Full term delivery.ogg|'''full term delivery'''
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|605_2_1_en_II Premature delivery.ogg|'''premature delivery'''
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|605_2_2_en_II Premature confinement.ogg|'''premature confinement'''
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|605_2_3_en_II Premature birth.ogg|'''premature birth'''
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|605_3_1_en_II Birth at term.ogg|'''birth at term'''
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|605_3_2_en_II Full-term birth.ogg|'''full-term birth'''
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|605_4_1_en_II Premature baby.ogg|'''premature baby'''
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|605_5_1_en_II Prematurity.ogg|'''prematurity'''
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|605_6_1_en_II Birth weight.ogg|'''birth weight'''
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|605_7_1_en_II Immaturity.ogg|'''immaturity'''
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|605_8_1_en_II Immature.ogg|'''immature'''
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|605_9_1_en_II Debility.ogg|'''debility'''
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
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[[en-II:Premature baby]] [[ar-II:خديج]] [[de-II:Frühgeborene]] [[es-II:Prematuros]] [[et-II:Enneaegseks lapseks]] [[fr-II:Prématurés]] [[ja-II:早産児]] [[ru-II:Преждевременно родившимся ребенком]] [[zh-II:早产婴儿]]  
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Latest revision as of 07:48, 5 February 2010

Premature baby  (PREMATURE baby)


Full term deliveries 1 occur when the pregnancy has lasted at least 37 weeks, measured in conventional duration of pregnancy (603-3*). A pregnancy ending before the normal period is termed a premature delivery 2 or premature confinement 2 or premature birth 2 and the product of this delivery is called a premature baby 4. Births which are not premature are called births at term 3 or full-term births 3. The word prematurity 5 is used to refer to phenomena connected with premature delivery. A classification of births by stage of development that does not depend upon an estimate of the period of gestation is used in many countries. In this classification a live-born infant with a birth weight 6 of 2,500 grams (5 1/2 lbs.) or less is said to be immature 8. Immaturity 7 is often combined with debility 9, an abnormal state of weakness. More...