antenatal
prenatal: an antenatal clinic.
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Origin of antenatal
1Other words from antenatal
- an·te·na·tal·ly, adverb
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How to use antenatal in a sentence
She recruited 81 women at antenatal classes around Edinburgh and randomly assigned some mothers to serve as a control group who did not receive a card, and others to receive one of two planning cards we designed.
Breastfeeding Is Tough: New Research Shows How To Make It More Manageable | LGBTQ-Editor | October 19, 2021 | No Straight NewsIt was as if her folding arms had been his antenatal hiding-place; as if she had brought him forth with anguish a second time.
The Creators | May SinclairThe very habit of our thoughts may be persuaded one way unawares by their antenatal history.
The Rhythm of Life | Alice MeynellOf all the vain wishes, the retroactive pluperfect are the vainest, and an antenatal wish is sublimely ridiculous.
We Can't Have Everything | Rupert HughesHe knew his antenatal history, knew it in every detail, and it was a thing to keep causes well before him.
The Golden Bowl | Henry James
It exists only in the psychic vacuum of antenatal life, or perhaps only in the potentiality of the germ plasm.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology | Robert E. Park
British Dictionary definitions for antenatal
/ (ˌæntɪˈneɪtəl) /
occurring or present before birth; during pregnancy
Also called: prenatal informal an examination during pregnancy
Derived forms of antenatal
- antenatally, adverb
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