antenatal

Definition of antenatalnext

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Recent Examples of antenatal The women receive the supplements during their routine antenatal visits to a health care facility. Unicef Usa, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 Following the knife attack on Monday, which took place at Hart Space, a community hub used for yoga classes and antenatal workshops, police arrested a 17-year-old male on suspicion of murder. Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2024 The prohibitive costs of care Wednesdays are antenatal day in Durumi. Adie Vanessa Offiong, CNN, 29 Nov. 2023 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 See All Example Sentences for antenatal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for antenatal
prenatal
Adjective
  • The two sat in lawn chairs into the night and brainstormed ways to connect more women to services — such as free prenatal classes.
    Katheryn Houghton, NPR, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The facility will offer prenatal care, birth services, postpartum care, lactation support, holistic reproductive health care, childbirth education, and wellness programming.
    Todd Feurer, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026

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“Antenatal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antenatal. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.

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