Definition of Postnatal

1. Adjective. Occurring immediately after birth. "Postnatal development"

Exact synonyms: Postpartum
Antonyms: Perinatal, Prenatal

Definition of Postnatal

1. a. After birth; subsequent to birth; as, postnatal infanticide; postnatal diseases.

Definition of Postnatal

1. Adjective. of or pertaining to the period immediately after birth ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Postnatal

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Postnatal

postmoderns
postmodifier
postmodifiers
postmodify
postmonsoon
postmortal
postmortem
postmortem examination
postmortems
postmove
postmovement
postnares
postnaris
postnasal
postnasal drip
postnatal (current term)
postnatally
postnate
postnati
postnational
postnatural
postnecrotic
postneonatal
postneonatally
postnominal
postnominals
postnoun
postnouns
postnuclear
postnucleation

Literary usage of Postnatal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A System of Mineralogy: Including an Extended Treatise on Crystallography by James Dwight Dana (1837)
"postnatal Compound Crystals. 59. We have already defined postnatal twins, to be those in which the composition has taken place, after each crystal had ..."

2. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"II. A. Kelly's clinic, a girl of 7 years with pubertas precox associated with a large ovarian tumor. iii. The Late, or Adult, Form of postnatal ..."

3. The Individual Delinquent: A Text-book of Diagnosis and Prognosis for All by William Healy (1915)
"(C. postnatal.) § 162. General Statement. (D. Senility.) § 163. Nature and Causes of Offenses of Old Age. § 147. General Statement. ..."

4. Contributions by Dept. of Anatomy, University of Minnesota Dept. of Anatomy, University of Minnesota (1917)
"Material and methods 386 Data and discussion on postnatal growth of the kidney 392 1. Weights of the kidneys used 392 2. Growth of cortex and medulla : 393 ..."

5. Consumption, Its Relation to Man and His Civilization, Its Prevention and Cure by John Bessner Huber (1906)
"CHAPTER IV INTRINSIC postnatal FACTORS To wilful men The injuries that they themselves ... IN coming to a consideration of postnatal predispositions, ..."

6. Consumption, Its Relation to Man and His Civilization, Its Prevention and Cure by John Bessner Huber (1906)
"CHAPTER IV INTRINSIC postnatal FACTORS To wilful men The injuries that they themselves ... IN coming to a consideration of postnatal predispositions, ..."

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