Definition of Antenatal

1. Adjective. Occurring or existing before birth. "Antenatal care"

Exact synonyms: Antepartum, Prenatal
Antonyms: Perinatal, Postnatal

Definition of Antenatal

1. a. Before birth.

Definition of Antenatal

1. Adjective. occurring or existing before birth ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Antenatal

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Antenatal

1. The period between conception and birth. Same as prenatal. (05 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antenatal

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Literary usage of Antenatal

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

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1900)
"He believes that antenatal diagnosis should include the discovery of normal ... To arrive at an accurate antenatal diagnosis, the medical history of the ..."

2. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1900)
"THE antenatal FACTOR IN GYN ECOLOGY. BY JOHN W. BALLANTYNE, MD, EDINBURGH. IT is now generally conceded that in the etiology of gynecologic affections there ..."

3. South Africa's Magnifying Glass: A Profile of Gauteng Province by Pieter Kok, Ronelle Brandt (1998)
"IBM mi 1MB 4.5.2 antenatal care Providers of antenatal care have the important responsibility of identifying women with high-risk pregnancies and births ..."

4. The Individual Delinquent: A Text-book of Diagnosis and Prognosis for All by William Healy (1915)
"... we divided the developmental period into antenatal, natal and postnatal, including in the latter the usual developmental period of childhood. ..."

5. The Female Client and the Health-Care Provider by Janet Hatcher Roberts, Carol Vlassoff (1995)
"In Malawi and in the Kisumu district of western Kenya, women's knowledge and attitudes, delivery of services at antenatal clinics (ANCs), and utilization of ..."

6. South African National HIV Prevalence , HIV Incidence, Behaviour and ...by Olive Shisana, Human Sciences Research Council, South African Medical Research Council by Olive Shisana, Human Sciences Research Council, South African Medical Research Council (2005)
"3.2.4 HIV prevalence in females aged 15-49 years compared with the antenatal survey of 2004 Table 3.14 compares HIV prevalence among females in the 15^9 ..."

7. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century: Poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"And many an antenatal tomb. Where butterflies dream of the life to come, She left clinging round the smooth and dark Edge of the odorous cedar bark. ..."

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