antenatal

adjective

an·​te·​na·​tal ˌan-ti-ˈnā-tᵊl How to pronounce antenatal (audio)
chiefly British
: prenatal
antenatal diagnosis of birth defects
antenatally adverb

Examples of antenatal in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The prohibitive costs of care Wednesdays are antenatal day in Durumi. Adie Vanessa Offiong, CNN, 29 Nov. 2023 In many low-income countries, a random calendar dictates how people receive care: Monday is for vaccinations, Tuesday for antenatal care, Wednesday for family planning. Melinda Gates, Foreign Affairs, 15 July 2020 The country’s health system had historically been one of the world’s worst, but the maternal death rate had dropped more than 50 percent since 1990, and some level of antenatal care was almost universal. Melinda Gates, Foreign Affairs, 15 July 2020 Kuol said the clinic faces shortages of medicines including malaria drugs, post-rape drugs, antenatal drugs and others, again because of waning donor support. Deng MacHol, ajc, 30 Oct. 2022 The updated advice means that women may have their partner or support person with them in the birth unit and postnatal and antenatal wards during the current COVID-19 outbreak where Greater Sydney is in lockdown. Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 3 Aug. 2021 According to the study, 55% of the need for midwives is for antenatal, childbirth and postnatal care. Alice Broster, Forbes, 11 May 2021 His mother received antenatal care and gave birth in a medical facility, where health professionals encouraged skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding. New York Times, 29 Apr. 2021 The patient is a pregnant woman being admitted for delivery or presenting for prenatal care, ultrasound, genetic counseling and/or associated procedure, antenatal testing, or other prenatal visit. Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

1796, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of antenatal was in 1796

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“Antenatal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antenatal. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Medical Definition

antenatal

adjective
an·​te·​na·​tal -ˈnāt-ᵊl How to pronounce antenatal (audio)
chiefly British
: prenatal
antenatal diagnosis of birth defects
antenatal patients
antenatal clinics
antenatally adverb
Altogether 57 cases from 31,000 pregnancies were detected antenatally. Tim Radford, The Guardian (London)

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