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"Premature labor"
Keywords:
gestation
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labor
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week
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preterm
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pregnancy
Related Terms:
Preterm labor
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Preterm
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Premature
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Premature baby
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Stillbirth
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Miscarriage
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Perinatal period
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Gestational age
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Abortion
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Induced abortion
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Lochia
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Spontaneous abortion
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Cervical incompetence
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Maternal mortality
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Small for gestational age
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Post-term pregnancy
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Pprom
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Braxton-hicks contractions
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Labor
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Incompetent cervix
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Abruptio placenta
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Premature rupture of membranes
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Maternal death
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Therapeutic abortion
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False labor
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Abruptio placentae
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Perinatal death
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Labour
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Prom
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Perinatal
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Cervical cerclage
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Habitual abortion
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High-risk pregnancy
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Abruption
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Lightening
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Prenatal
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Placenta praevia
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Incomplete abortion
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Threatened miscarriage
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Premature infant
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Braxton hicks contractions
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Antenatal
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Placenta previa
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Intrapartum
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Full term
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Active labor
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Pregnancy
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Biochemical pregnancy
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Bloody show
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Placental abruption
The onset of labor, leading to delivery, before at least 37 weeks have elapsed since the last menstrual period. The more prematurely babies are born, the greater the difficulty they have surviving, even with expert care.
sydneyivf.com
labor beginning prior to the 37th week of gestation
wordnet.princeton.edu
regular contractions before 38 weeks of pregnancy.
birthsource.com
Also preterm labor; labor occurring before 37 full weeks of pregnancy.
ehealthmd.com
Labor that occurs after 20 weeks gestation but before 37 weeks.
whattoexpect.com
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