perinatal

[ per-uh-neyt-l ]

/ ˌpɛr əˈneɪt l /

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adjective

occurring during or pertaining to the phase surrounding the time of birth, from the twentieth week of gestation to the twenty-eighth day of newborn life.

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Origin of perinatal

First recorded in 1950–55; peri- + natal

OTHER WORDS FROM perinatal

per·i·na·tal·ly, adverb

Words nearby perinatal

perimenopause, perimeter, perimorph, perimortem, perimysium, perinatal, perinatology, perinde, perineal, perineal gland, perinephrium

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How to use perinatal in a sentence

That may be, at least in part, due to the difference between the broader major depressive disorder and the much more specific perinatal depression.
A new drug could help treat perinatal depression|Sara Chodosh|July 7, 2021|Popular-Science
People who develop some form of perinatal depression seem to have GABA systems that aren’t able to adapt to changes in hormones and general stress either during or after pregnancy.
A new drug could help treat perinatal depression|Sara Chodosh|July 7, 2021|Popular-Science
Until recently, treatment for perinatal depression—an umbrella term that refers to all depressive disorders related to pregnancy and childbirth—was exactly the same as for other depressive disorders.
A new drug could help treat perinatal depression|Sara Chodosh|July 7, 2021|Popular-Science
Some were so small they could only come from perinatal dinosaurs, those who die while still in the egg or just after hatching.
The real Jurassic Park may have been in the Arctic|Sara Kiley Watson|June 28, 2021|Popular-Science

Malawa has fought racial inequities in perinatal health at Expecting Justice since 2017, but she says the group wanted to find a new strategy to supplement its other work.
A San Francisco Experiment Will Give Some Pregnant Women $1,000 a Month. Could Other Cities Be Next?|Abby Vesoulis|March 18, 2021|Time
Then, as now, an attitude of complacency around maternal and perinatal mortality gets in the way of action.
Beyond ‘Downton Abbey’: Preeclampsia Maternal Deaths Continue Today|Eleni Tsigas, Christine Morton|January 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The study also pointed out that the Netherlands has one of the highest perinatal morality rates in Europe.
Michelle Goldberg Answers a Critic’s Distortions of Her Home-Birth Argument|Michelle Goldberg|July 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for perinatal

perinatal

/ (ˌpɛrɪˈneɪtəl) /

adjective

of, relating to, or occurring in the period from about three months before to one month after birth

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