premature labour

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premature labour - labor beginning prior to the 37th week of gestation

premature labor

childbed, confinement, lying-in, parturiency, travail, labour, labor - concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"

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childbed confinement labor labour lying-in parturiency premature labor travail			She said: "What was interesting was how everyone I spoke to said they didn't know why they'd gone into premature labour, why they had had their babies prematurely. Corrie Kym agony at premature tot death by The Mirror (London, England) There are several factors which can increase a woman's risk of going into premature labour including age, infection and inflammation. Drug may buy vital time for early babies; Research aims to delay the ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England) A TEAM of experts from Tyneside have carried out experiments on an anti-cancer drug to see if it could also be used to prevent pregnant women from going into premature labour. Drug may halt early labour by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			preload loading preloaded Prelog Prelone Prelook preloved prelude Preluder Preludial Preludious Prelumbar prelusion prelusive Prelusorily Prelusory prem prem. premalignant premarital premature premature baby premature dud premature ejaculation premature infant premature labor premature labour premature ventricular contraction prematurely prematureness Prematurity premaxilla Premaxillary premed Premediate premedic premedical premedication premeditate premeditated Premeditately premeditation premenopausal premenstrual premenstrual dysphoric disorder premenstrual syndrome premenstrual tension Premerit Premial Premices premie premier			Premature Distributions Premature Drying of Plants premature dud premature ejaculation premature ejaculation premature ejaculation premature ejaculation premature ejaculation premature exercise Premature Exercises premature heartbeats premature heartbeats premature heartbeats premature heartbeats premature impulse premature infant premature infant premature infant premature infant premature infant Premature Infant Pain Profile Premature infants Premature infants Premature Junctional Beat Premature Junctional Complex Premature Junctional Contraction premature labor premature labor premature labor premature labor premature labour premature luteolysis Premature Male Pattern Baldness Premature menopause Premature menopause Premature menopause Premature menopause Premature Mitral Valve Closure premature newborn premature newborn premature newborn premature newborn Premature Occlusive Arterial Disease premature opening eyelid premature opening eyelid premature opening eyelid Premature Optimization Is the Root of All Evil Premature Ovarian Aging Premature ovarian failure Premature ovarian failure Premature ovarian failure Premature ovarian failure Premature ovarian failure Premature Ovarian Failure 1 Premature Ovarian Failure Support Group Premature Ovarian Failure, X-Linked premature presbyopia Premature Prolonged Rupture of the Membranes Premature puberty Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes Premature rupture of membrane

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