premature baby

collocation in English

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premature
adjective
uk
/ˈprem.ə.tʃər/us
/ˌpriː.məˈtʊr/
happening or done too soon, especially before the natural or ...
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baby
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbeɪ.bi/us
/ˈbeɪ.bi/
a very young child, especially one that has not yet begun to walk ...
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(Definition ofprematureandbabyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The relationship between the two is obviously very strong and highly significant so the probability of safe delivery and survival of the gestationallyprematurebabyis much reduced.
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Current funding of theprematurebabyunit allows only for sufficient specialist nurses to maintain the reduced number of cots.
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I was shown around the hospital by the unit manager, who is a chartered accountant, and we arrived at theprematurebabyunit.
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Medical technology and medical care have enabled aprematurebabyto survive where formerly it would not have been able to be born alive.
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There was the example of the young couple with aprematurebabywho had an operation shortly after birth for hydrocephalus.
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Anyone who has spoken to a nurse caring for aprematurebabywould know that the love for that child is clear in her face.
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Prematurebabyunits have been established in maternity hospitals, and local health authorities have made special transport arrangements for these infants.
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As medical science advances, the age at which aprematurebabycan survive once it is born is reducing all the time.
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It has first-class facilities, including aprematurebabyunit.
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For example, the skills demanded of a nurse in a perinatal unit in keeping aprematurebabyalive and well are of a very high order indeed.
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It is certainly an emotional issue for parents who see the chance of life for aprematurebabybeing denied because of a lack of intensive care cots.
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They are relying on the strength of the euro, which is no sicklyprematurebaby, to bring about more investment and new, employment-creating growth, so that unemployment figures go down.
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I think the point is that theprematurebabywho, luckily, because of the national health service, can survive, is the future payer of our pensions.
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This tone increases throughout the fetal growth period, meaning a moreprematurebabywould have lesser muscle tone.
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Joelle was born as a severelyprematurebaby, weighing 1.5 lbs.
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She was aprematurebabywho suffered from health complications.
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He was aprematurebabybut was able to survive his early childhood.
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The hospital also has an emergency department, an intensive care unit, aprematurebabyunit, a primary health care unit, a pathological laboratory and a blood bank service.
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Six patients were premature babies and required mechanical ventilation a few days because of a respiratory distress syndrome.
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Now, even in premature babies, the primary repair of congenital heart defect is becoming the treatment of choice.
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