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antenatal

[ an-tee-neyt-l ]

adjective

  1. prenatal:

    an antenatal clinic.



antenatal

/ ˌæntɪˈneɪtəl /

adjective

  1. occurring or present before birth; during pregnancy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. informal.
    Also calledprenatal an examination during pregnancy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌanteˈnatally, adverb
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Other Words From

  • ante·natal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of antenatal1

First recorded in 1810–20; ante- + natal
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Example Sentences

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.

It 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 very habit of our thoughts may be persuaded one way unawares by their antenatal history.

Of all the vain wishes, the retroactive pluperfect are the vainest, and an antenatal wish is sublimely ridiculous.

He knew his antenatal history, knew it in every detail, and it was a thing to keep causes well before him.

It exists only in the psychic vacuum of antenatal life, or perhaps only in the potentiality of the germ plasm.

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