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preterm

preterm adjective: of a premature birth or baby.

Adjective

preterm (not comparable)

  1. Of a premature birth or baby.

Noun

preterm (plural preterms)

  1. A premature birth or baby.

preterm meaning in Tamil

preterm in Tamil

காலம் முடிவதற்கு முன்

Forms of preterm

pluralpreterms

Origin of preterm

From pre- + term.

Words formed from preterm

Questions about preterm

What does preterm mean?
Preterm means of a premature birth or baby.
What is preterm in Tamil?
Preterm in Tamil is காலம் முடிவதற்கு முன். See Preterm meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is preterm?
Preterm can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near preterm in the dictionary

  1. preteritive
  2. preteritness
  3. preterits
  4. preterlapsed
  5. preterlegal
  6. preterm
  7. pretermer
  8. pretermers
  9. preterminal
  10. preterminally
  11. preterminated

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: preterm (page history and authors); preterm (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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