antenatal

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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
  • Early prenatal care in particular — that is, seeing a doctor within the first few months of pregnancy — allows doctors to assess patients for risks that might complicate pregnancies.
    Erika Edwards, NBC news, 19 Feb. 2026
  • For example, Broward Health opened a maternity clinic in Lauderdale Lakes that was expected to serve 200 women, but more than 1,700 received prenatal care there in its first year.
    Shane Strum, Sun Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2026

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“Antenatal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antenatal. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.

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