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preterm birth
The birth of a live newborn or stillbirth that takes place after at least 20 weeks but before 37 completed weeks of gestation. 
Grammatical category Noun
Field Disease
Level of specialization Medium
Definition source glosario de Fertilidad
Variants
Synonym
premature birth
Formal
preterm delivery
Formal
Equivalents

Spanish

nacimiento pretérmino
parto prematuro
parto pretérmino
Associated concepts
Type of
birth outcome
Caused by
infection or inflammation
multiple pregnancy
preeclampsia
placental abruption
cervical insufficiency
spontaneous preterm labour
medically indicated delivery
May cause
neonatal morbidity
neonatal mortality
respiratory problems
feeding difficulties
cerebral palsy
vision problems
hearing problems
Examples
We were unable to distinguish between indicated and spontaneous preterm birth.

Poor outcomes are primarily due to the tendency for intrauterine adhesion recurrence, which may result in recurrent pregnancy loss, placental abnormalities, preterm birth , and lower birth weight.
Collocations
WITH ADJECTIVES
indicated | recurrent | early | late | spontaneous preterm birth

risk of preterm birth | rate of preterm birth | history of preterm birth