full-term
adjective
: retained in the uterus for the normal period of gestation before birth
a full-term newborn
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The stipend is $16,000 for a half-term (five months) and $30,000 for a full-term period of work in residence (10 months).
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Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
In each mother, one embryo took hold and proceeded to a full-term pregnancy.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
And 20 months after that, my identical twin daughters, Ryan and Reese, arrived—healthy and full-term.
—Tracey Harrington McCoy, Parents, 6 Mar. 2025
Embryos with cells that have either too many or too few chromosomes are less likely to result in full-term pregnancies, so PGT-A aims to identify them so clinicians can work with the strongest of the bunch.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
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Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
In each mother, one embryo took hold and proceeded to a full-term pregnancy.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
And 20 months after that, my identical twin daughters, Ryan and Reese, arrived—healthy and full-term.
—Tracey Harrington McCoy, Parents, 6 Mar. 2025
Embryos with cells that have either too many or too few chromosomes are less likely to result in full-term pregnancies, so PGT-A aims to identify them so clinicians can work with the strongest of the bunch.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for full-term
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“Full-term.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full-term. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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