Converse of object

• bear: The researchers concluded that being born preterm may have a long-term effect on cholesterol metabolism in children 8 to 12 years later.

Noun used with modifier

• birth: Designed to fortify breast milk to meet the extra nutritional needs of low birth weight preterm infants.

• weight: Designed to fortify breast milk to meet the extra nutritional needs of low birth weight preterm infants.

Modifies a noun

• infant: It can be adapted for use with healthy preterm infants.

• rupture: Kenyon S. Antibiotics for preterm premature rupture of the membranes.

• labor: Rachel died due to an incompetent cervix which caused preterm labor.

• labor: Preterm labor was more than doubled in the ultrasound group - 52 per cent - compared with 25 per cent in the controls.

• birth: The incidence of preterm birth has not changed over several decades.

• delivery: High risk women with a previous preterm delivery were found to benefit from treatment in the Cochrane review.

Modifying Another Word

• extremely: Today, we care for extremely preterm babies that simply didn't survive back then.

Used with adjective complement

• bear: To assist in a respiratory function study in a new cohort of infants born extremely preterm.