Thesaurus results for PRENATAL

prenatal

adjective

Definition of prenatal

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medical occurring or performed prior to birth and during pregnancy The prenatal care of expectant mothers is of utmost importance to the OB-GYN. prenatal period testing

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Recent Examples of prenatal At the same time, some mothers fail to attend prenatal clinics where complications such as anemia and hypertension can be detected. — ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026 According to data published in February by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 1 in 4 mothers did not receive prenatal care beginning in the first trimester in 2024, an increase of 13% from 2021. — Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 Victoria Gioia, who cofounded the stage-specific prenatal vitamin line Perelel, agreed. — Faye Brookman, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026 No one blinks at a pregnant Sarah constantly running through hails of gunfire — sans prenatal vitamins or a home. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for prenatal

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The health center serves more than 35,000 households, offering safe deliveries, antenatal care, child health consultations, immunization, nutrition support and emergency referrals.

— UNICEF USA, Forbes.com, 16 June 2026
Noting evidence of a close link between mothers' education and child health outcomes, the report also warns the ban could lead to an increase in child stunting and declines in vaccination coverage and antenatal care.

— Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes.com, 3 June 2026

Definition of antenatal

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English also included a selfie of the expectant parents, who got engaged in December, with smiles on their faces.

— Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026
The Call Her Daddy host, who is pregnant with her first child, has been clearing out other expectant moms' baby registries on social media.

— Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of expectant

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As pregnancies progress, gestational hypertension increases the risk of preeclampsia, which also leads to liver and kidney problems.

— Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2026
Six percent of women giving birth in 2016 were reported as having gestational hypertension.

— Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of gestational

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Today, his lab is building a larger version of the QGI experiment that puts nanodiamonds into the same superposition—objects 10 orders of magnitude heavier than atoms, massive enough to warp spacetime around themselves.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
Each year there is heavy police presence at the site around the anniversary, and some people have been detained after showing up with flowers or candles.

— Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 11 Sep. 2026

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