Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mature minor

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English

Syllables
ma-ture mi-nor
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unemancipated patient who has not attained the age of majority but should be permitted to choose or reject a particular health care treatment, sometimes without the knowledge or agreement of parents.

Canadian usage; American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

mature minors (plural)

Questions

What does mature minor mean?
An unemancipated patient who has not attained the age of majority but should be permitted to choose or reject a particular health care treatment, sometimes without the knowledge or agreement of parents.

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