Premature

The term premature refers to something that occurs prior to the expected or normal time. It is generally used to refer to premature birth.

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• Premature ejaculation
• Premature menopause
• Premature ventricular contraction
• Nonsense mutation (for premature stop codon)
• Senescence (for premature aging)
• Prematurity (for prematurity in scientific discovery