PRENATAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prenatal mean? 

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

1. occurring or existing before birth

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRENATAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Occurring or existing before birth

Synonyms:

antenatal; antepartum; prenatal

Context example:

antenatal care

Antonym:

perinatal (occurring during the period around birth (5 months before and 1 month after))

postnatal (occurring immediately after birth)

 Context examples 

There are specific prenatal tests to monitor both the mother's health and fetal health during each trimester.

(Fetal Health and Development, NIH)

Pregnant women are now recommended to undergo two ultrasonography tests during the prenatal period, as an attempt to identify neurological alterations during pregnancy.

(Brazil: Babies of mothers infected with Zika will be monitored for up to 3 years, Agência Brasil)

The researchers found that the prenatal wellbeing of first-time mothers had a direct impact on the behaviour of their children by the time they were two years old.

(Prenatal parental stress linked to behaviour problems in toddlers, University of Cambridge)

The discovery adds further evidence to support the prenatal sex steroid theory of autism first proposed 20 years ago.

(High levels of oestrogen in the womb linked to autism, University of Cambridge)

A human life stage, during prenatal development, that typically begins at the beginning of nine weeks after fertilization (full formation of the embryo) and continues until birth.

(Fetal Stage, NICHD)

A human life stage, during prenatal development, that begins at fertilization and typically continues until the end of eight weeks after fertilization, with full formation of the embryo.

(Embryonic Stage, NICHD)

It is also involved in the regulation of prenatal skeletal and muscular development.

(IGF2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Genetic and prenatal testing: What happens if you are a carrier of a defect? What if testing shows that your unborn baby has a defect?

(Medical Ethics, NIH)

Good prenatal care can help detect and treat them.

(Health Problems in Pregnancy, NIH)

Controlling your blood pressure during pregnancy and getting regular prenatal care are important for the health of you and your baby.

(High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)