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premature
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premature
(of an infant) weighing less than 2500 g (5½ lbs) and usually born before the end of the full period of gestation


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Apart from the fact that the council under Padilla's leadership accomplished no more for the public benefit than it did under the lackluster leadership of his predecessors, the oddest aspect of the affair was its prematurity.
Commented Kosar, " The March of Dimes is fighting the crisis of prematurity, the most serious, common and costly problem facing newborns in America.
 
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