__________ refers to the age between 22 and 26 weeks at which a fetus can survive in the event of a premature birth.

The age between about 22 and 26 weeks when a fetus may survive outside the uterus after a premature birth is called the age of viability. The fetal, embryonic, and germinal stages are periods of prenatal development, not the term for this survival threshold.

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