ANTEPARTUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does antepartum mean? 

• ANTEPARTUM (adjective)
  The adjective ANTEPARTUM has 1 sense:

1. occurring or existing before birth

  Familiarity information: ANTEPARTUM used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTEPARTUM (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Occurring or existing before birth

Synonyms:

antenatal; antepartum; prenatal

Context example:

antenatal care

 Context examples 

Death resulting from conditions or complications which are unique to pregnancy and occur during the antepartum, intrapartum, or postpartum period.

(Direct Maternal Death, NCI Thesaurus)

Respiratory distress in the newborn due to inhalation of blood; this is an unusual event and is sometimes linked to the non passage of meconium before delivery or mothers with antepartum hemorrhage.

(Perinatal Blood Aspiration Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Presence of a blood clot in the maternal vascular system which originated from a distant site during the antepartum period.

(Antepartum Obstetric Thromboembolism, NCI Thesaurus)

Presence of bacterially-infected tissue in the maternal vascular system which originated from a distant site during the antepartum period.

(Antepartum Obstetric Septic Embolism, NCI Thesaurus)

Presence of a large air bubble in the maternal vascular system which originated from a distant site during the antepartum period.

(Antepartum Obstetric Air Embolism, NCI Thesaurus)

Acute hypotension or cardiac arrest, acute hypoxia or coagulopathy in the absence of any other potential explanation related to the presence of amniotic fluid or the fetal debris within the maternal vascular system during the antepartum or intrapartum period.

(Amniotic Fluid Embolism, NCI Thesaurus)