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paranatal, a. Med.|pærəˈneɪtəl|
[f. para-1 + natal a.1 and n.1]
Of or pertaining to the time shortly before and after birth.
Orig. given a broader meaning (quot. 1940).
1940F. Schreiber in Jrnl. Pediatrics XVI. 297 (heading) Neurologic sequelae of paranatal asphyxia. [Note] The term paranatal has been coined to designate the entire period of fetal life, the period of birth, and the neonatal period within which the results of occurrences during the first two periods may become manifest. 1954Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 19 June 719/1 Proponents of the brain injury hypothesis state that in most cases anoxia during the prenatal and paranatal periods has resulted in brain damage. 1964Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. CXXXIX. 357 (heading) Pre- and paranatal factors in mental disorders of children. 1971C. B. Courville Birth & Brain Damage xi. 197 (caption) Gliosis, the most significant tissue reaction in paranatal anoxia. 1976Word 1971 XXVII. 62 The developing human foetus..is ‘practicing’, in amniotic fluid, those neuromuscular gestures which will lead, in air, to paranatal cry and neonatal cry specifically. |