Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Gestated for the entire duration of normal pregnancy; ; -- of new-born infants. Opposite of
premature .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent
- adjective gestated for the entire duration of normal pregnancy
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Examples
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While it does not have to dilate as fully as with a full-term birth, the uterus also does not have enough time to process the rapid pace of conception, birth, and loss that occurs in a miscarriage.
Wild Feminine Tami Lynn Kent 2011
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It's more common in premature than full-term babies but, we were repeatedly told, "just one of those things".
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If you followed the Focus on the Family Web link from the ad, you would have learned that the former Florida Gator quarterback Tebow really loves his mother, who ignored doctor's advice and carried the 2008 Heisman Trophy winning quarterback to full-term during a difficult pregnancy.
If Super Bowl ads were designed by political consultants 2010
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Often because of delayed childbearing choices, women are having difficulty conceiving or sustaining full-term pregnancies.
Wild Feminine Tami Lynn Kent 2011
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The message to parents and to health professionals is that? as long as a baby is healthy and born at full-term?
Bottle-feeding babies can lead to adult obesity, says study Sarah Boseley 2010
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Previously, these infants were just considered small full-term infants rather than preterm infants, said study author Dr. Melissa A. Woythaler, a neonatologist at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Delivery even a bit early may mean developmental delays 2011
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Doctors determined that Ms. Sergio had given birth to a full-term baby and they alerted police, who found the baby in the plastic bag.
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Other stories involve doctors cutting up full-term fetuses inside of the mother's wombs, beating "out of plan babies" to death who manage to survive forced abortion, failing to use anesthesia or other sanitary measures while operating on pregnant mothers, and tossing the fetus's remains to the mother in a plastic bag if she cannot pay for its disposal.
Michael Solis: China's One Child Policy in 2010 Michael Solis 2010
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Previously, these infants were just considered small full-term infants rather than preterm infants, said study author Dr. Melissa A. Woythaler, a neonatologist at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Delivery even a bit early may mean developmental delays 2011
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Louise was born by caesarean section after a full-term pregnancy.
British IVF pioneer Robert Edwards wins Nobel prize for medicine Alok Jha 2010
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