antenatal
adjective
an·te·na·tal
ˌan-ti-ˈnā-tᵊl 
chiefly British
: prenatal
antenatal diagnosis of birth defects
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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.
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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
Last year, another study linked the work of ASHAs to a rise in antenatal care visits and a near doubling of institutional deliveries, or babies born inside a health facility.
—Hema Ramaprasad and Reshmi Chakraborty, CNN, 31 May 2020
And antenatal corticosteroids will be rolled out around the world to treat lung disorders that are a major cause of newborn mortality.
—Stat Staff, STAT, 30 Dec. 2019
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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
Last year, another study linked the work of ASHAs to a rise in antenatal care visits and a near doubling of institutional deliveries, or babies born inside a health facility.
—Hema Ramaprasad and Reshmi Chakraborty, CNN, 31 May 2020
And antenatal corticosteroids will be rolled out around the world to treat lung disorders that are a major cause of newborn mortality.
—Stat Staff, STAT, 30 Dec. 2019
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First Known Use
1796, in the meaning defined above
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