Definition of premature

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Premature (a.) Happening, arriving, existing, or performed before the proper or usual time; adopted too soon; too early; untimely; as, a premature fall of snow; a premature birth; a premature opinion; premature decay..

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Slink :: Slink (n.) The young of a beast brought forth prematurely, esp. a calf brought forth before its time..
Premature :: Premature (a.) Happening, arriving, existing, or performed before the proper or usual time; adopted too soon; too early; untimely; as, a premature fall of snow; a premature birth; a premature opinion; premature decay..
Predecay :: Predecay (n.) Premature decay.
Slink :: Slink (a.) Produced prematurely; as, a slink calf..
Abortive :: Abortive (v.) Produced by abortion; born prematurely; as, an abortive child..
Premature :: Premature (a.) Arriving or received without due authentication or evidence; as, a premature report..
Miscarriage :: Miscarriage (n.) The act of bringing forth before the time; premature birth.
Anticipate :: Anticipate (v. t.) To take up or introduce beforehand, or before the proper or normal time; to cause to occur earlier or prematurely; as, the advocate has anticipated a part of his argument..
Abortion :: Abortion (n.) The act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriage..
Cast :: Cast (v. t.) To bring forth prematurely; to slink.
Prejudicate :: Prejudicate (a.) Biased by opinions formed prematurely; prejudiced.
Precocity :: Precocity (n.) The quality or state of being precocious; untimely ripeness; premature development, especially of the mental powers; forwardness..
Abortifacient :: Abortifacient (n.) A drug or an agent that causes premature delivery.
Viable :: Viable (a.) Capable of living; born alive and with such form and development of organs as to be capable of living; -- said of a newborn, or a prematurely born, infant..
Premature :: Premature (a.) Mature or ripe before the proper time; as, the premature fruits of a hotbed..
Untimely :: Untimely (a.) Not timely; done or happening at an unnatural, unusual, or improper time; unseasonable; premature; inopportune; as, untimely frosts; untimely remarks; an untimely death..
Prematurity :: Prematurity (n.) The quality or state of being premature; early, or untimely, ripeness; as, the prematurity of genius..
Rickets :: Rickets (n. pl.) A disease which affects children, and which is characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs, enlarged and spongy articular epiphyses, tumid abdomen, and short stature, together with clear and often premature mental faculties. The essential cause of the disease appears to be the nondeposition of earthy salts in the osteoid tissues. Children afflicted with this malady stand and walk unsteadily. Called also rachitis..
Unripe :: Unripe (a.) Developing too early; premature.
Slink :: Slink (v. t.) To cast prematurely; -- said of female beasts; as, a cow that slinks her calf..
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