| premature |
A live birth or fetal death that occurs before the completion of the 37th week of gestation.
Ãâó: www.dph.state.ct.us/OPPE/sha99/glossary.htm
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| premature rupture of membranes |
any time your water breaks prior to the 37th week, you have PROM. You will be usually be hospitalized until the baby is delivered, and typically placed on antibiotics, since infection is a very common complication. PROM can be unexplained, and may recur, but many babies' deliveries can be held off until viability age, preferably 32 weeks, but even as early as 24 weeks.
Ãâó: www.pregnancyloss.info/medical_terms.htm
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| premenstrual syndrome |
A combination of both physical and psychological symptoms occurring before the menstrual period.
Ãâó: www.clearplan.com/GlossaryofConceptionTerms.cfm
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| premise |
The stem in a matching test item; statement a pupil must match with a response.
Ãâó: www.upei.ca/~xliu/measurement/glossary.htm
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| premise |
When the key premise of the series is changed or discarded completely (eg, shifting the focus of Happy Days from the Cunningham family to The Fonz). A supporting character (or group of characters) plays a disproportionately large role in the series. Related: An ongoing plotline makes up a majority of the episode plots. When the show is in an academic setting, the main characters graduate (and the setting changes from high school to college). ...
Ãâó: web.linix.ca/pedia/index.php/Jumping_the_shark
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