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premy

premy is the alternative spelling of preemie.

Meaning of preemie

Noun

preemie (plural preemies)

  1. (informal) A baby that has been born prematurely.
    • Prematurity is the leading cause of neonatal death, and preemies who survive are at risk for lifelong health problems.2003 February 10, David Bjerklie, “A Campaign For Preemies”, in Time, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2011
    Synonyms:
    pretermer

Forms of premy

pluralpremies

Questions about premy

What is premy the alternative spelling of?
Premy is the alternative spelling of preemie.

Words near premy in the dictionary

  1. premutated
  2. premutation
  3. premutations
  4. premutative
  5. premutiny
  6. premy
  7. premycotic
  8. premyelinating
  9. premyelination
  10. premyelocytic
  11. premyeloid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: premy (page history and authors); preemie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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