antenatal

[ an-tee-neyt-l ]

adjective

1. prenatal:

   an antenatal clinic.

antenatal

/ ˌæntɪˈneɪtəl /

adjective

1. occurring or present before birth; during pregnancy

noun

1. informal.
   Also calledprenatal an examination during pregnancy

Derived Forms

• ˌanteˈnatally, adverb

Other Words From

• ante·natal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of antenatal¹

First recorded in 1810–20; ante- + natal

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.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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