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FULL TERM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent
Example:
a healthy baby born at full term
Synonyms:
full term; term
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("full term" is a kind of...):
point; point in time (an instant of time)
Holonyms ("full term" is a part of...):
gestation; gestation period (the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans))