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I worked in a hospital for over 10 years. Nurses and docs use the word preemie as well. I don't think it's the slur that you think it is.
There was a time when nurses and doctors said "flid" and "spastic" too.
Using a "cute" abbreviation of a technical term is, at the very least, condescending and at worst, a term that very quickly becomes used to bully people with specific outward appearances caused by medical conditions.
I don't think anyone is using the word "preemie" to bully anyone. But hey, you do you. Fight it all you want. I'm indifferent to the term. But if you can make people stop using it, then more power to ya.