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Article "Maturity"

Term is the period of life of a newborn child from 37 to 42 weeks of gestation. Most often, a baby born naturally after 40 weeks is called full-term. The official cause of prematurity is considered to be the premature birth of a child, while the term full-term is softer and therefore more often used in common parlance and in non-professional medicine. Only children born prematurely are called underdeveloped, and if the baby is born on its due date, it is considered full-term.

An increasing number of babies are born prematurely and, accordingly, must undergo long-term treatment. This aspect became the reason for the birth of a newer term - precocious children. It means those children whose mental and physical capabilities are 6-7 weeks above normal. The term “trongentation” is also actively used - this is when a child is ahead of intrauterine development by 2 weeks or more. If we talk about older people,