Full-term (Adjective)
Meaning
Gestated for the entire duration of normal pregnancy; "a healthy full-term baby".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The hospital staff was thrilled to see the new mother hold her full-term baby in her arms after a long and challenging pregnancy.
- A full-term baby typically weighs between 6 and 9 pounds and is around 20 inches long.
- The expecting mother was relieved to know that her baby was developing normally and would likely be a full-term birth.
- After months of bed rest, the pregnant woman finally gave birth to a healthy full-term baby boy.
- Doctors and researchers use the term full-term to describe babies born between 37 and 42 weeks of gestation.