Meaning & use
Premies
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Informal plural term for babies born prematurely, before completing a full gestation period.
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The neonatal unit specializes in caring for premies who need extra monitoring.
Many premies spend their first weeks of life in an incubator.
A note on using this word
"Premies" is an informal clipped form of "premature infants," more commonly spelled "preemies" in American English.
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