Definition of "premie" []

• Informal Variant of preemie. (noun)

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• "I also had issues with my last pregnancy – complications/premie, depression, hurt my back (after giving birth - long story)."
• "Tiny premie Mae was too little to breastfeed from a human nipple and Kathryn was committed enough to breastfeeding that she pumped."
• "Our friend's daughter had a premie baby a couple of years ago."