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antenatal, a.|æntɪˈneɪtəl|
[f. ante- + L. nātāl-is pertaining to birth, natal.]
1. Happening or existing before birth.
1817Shelley Pr. Athan. 1, Memories of an antenatal life. 1848Kingsley Saint's Trag. ii. ix. 34 A heaven, my spirit's antenatal home. 1879Farrar St. Paul II. 242 The antenatal predilection for Israel and detestation of Esau.
2. Of, pertaining to, or concerned with the health and well-being of women during pregnancy.
1917Maternity & Child Welfare (Local Govt. Board Rep.) p. xi, At Bradford there is an ante-natal clinic at the Maternity Hospital. Ibid. 19 There is a municipal ante-natal centre. 1930Lancet 20 Dec. 1359/2 Many local authorities have already provided facilities for antenatal supervision.
Add: Hence anteˈnatally adv., before birth; before giving birth.
1883E. L. Linton Ione II. xxiv. 288 One of those miserable beings who are antenatally tainted by their parents' dishonour. 1902J. W. Ballantyne Man. Antenatal Path. & Hygiene: Foetus xviii. 319 In foetal ichthyosis the thickening of the epidermis has occurred to its fullest extent antenatally. 1976Lancet 9 Oct. 775/2 Most mothers are seen by doctors antenatally. |