Definition of Prenatal

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

Exact synonyms: Antenatal, Antepartum
Antonyms: Perinatal, Postnatal

Definition of Prenatal

1. a. Being or happening before birth.

Definition of Prenatal

1. Adjective. Being or happening before birth. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prenatal

1. prior to birth [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prenatal

premunires
premunition
premunitions
premunitory
premy
premycotic
premyelinating
prename
prenames
prenasal
prenasalize
prenasalized
prenasalizes
prenasalizing
prenasals
prenatal (current term)
prenatal diagnosis
prenatally
prenate
prenates
prenazone
preneed
prenegotiated
prenegotiation
prenegotiations
preneoplastic
prenex
prenexes
prenol
prenols

Literary usage of Prenatal

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

1. Health, United States, 1998 with Socioeconomic Status and Health Chartbook by National Center for Health Statistics, United States Government Printing Office (1998)
"The Healthy People 2000 goal is for 90 percent of pregnant women to obtain first-trimester prenatal care. Expansion of the Medicaid program to cover ..."

2. The Practice of pediatrics by Charles Gilmore Kerley (1918)
"Concerning the etiology of the prenatal cases, considerable confusion and ... I have seen a large number of undoubted prenatal cases, and am unable to add ..."

3. Educating Young Children Prenatally Exposed to Drugs and at Risk: Report and by Shirley A. Jackson (1995)
"It is impossible to distinguish between the behaviors and learning deficits caused by poor prenatal care and postnatal medical and psychosocial ..."

4. Analysis of Health Indicators for California's Minority Populations by James A. McCullough, Sheila Dumbauld, James W. Sutocky (1998)
"This measure is also an indicator of problems with access to care. Table 4 displays data for mothers receiving early prenatal care in California for 1990. ..."

5. Cleveland Hospital and Health Survey by Cleveland Hospital Council (1920)
"Preset Functional Activities ^resent Status and Needs: prenatal CARE The object of prenatal care in Cleveland should be to provide adequate instruction, ..."

6. Health United States 1995: The Annual National Report on Health by Kate Prager, Diane M. Makuc, Jacob J. Feldman (1998)
"Receipt of early prenatal care among mothers 20 years of age and over by maternal education: United States, 1970-93 Percent of live births 100 90 80 70 60 ..."

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