单词 | postnatal |
释义 | postnataladj. Subsequent to or occurring after birth; characteristic of or relating to the period after a birth. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [adjective] > giving birth > before or after birth > after postnatal1831 postpartum1846 postneonatal1940 1831 J. Burns Princ. Surg. I. viii. 415 When the two sides of the heart and the aorta can be readily filled, as in the post-natal condition, little or no blood passes by the ductus arteriosus. a1859 T. De Quincey Posthumous Wks. (1891) I. 16 Some far halcyon time, post-natal or ante-natal he knew not. 1866 W. H. O. Sankey Lect. Mental Dis. vi. 127 Those whose idiocy depends on post-natal diseases, and especially rickets. 1869 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. European Morals (1877) I. i. 122 Ideas which cannot be explained by any post-natal experience. 1938 L. E. H. Whitby Nurses' Handbk. Hygiene (ed. 6) vii. 150 Health Authorities are prepared to give ante-natal, natal, and post-natal advice, and help to maternity cases. 1965 Science 15 Jan. 306/3 This period of neural differentiation occurs prenatally in guinea pigs..and during the 1st week of postnatal life in rats. 1984 R. Thomas Sunrise i. 8 A day later she looked on from her quiet corner of the post-natal ward. 1992 Cambr. Encycl. Human Evol. (1994) ii. xiii. 100/3 The postnatal growth of the head in monkeys and apes is greater in front of the occipital condyles..than behind them. 2011 C. Westall & P. Liamputtong Motherhood & Postnatal Depression ii. 11 Screening instruments used to detect depression, such as the original BDI, had limitations when applied to postnatal women. Compounds postnatal depression n. depression suffered by a mother in the period following childbirth, typically arising from the combination of hormonal changes, psychological adjustment to motherhood, and fatigue; = postpartum depression n. at postpartum adv. and adj. Compounds.Postpartum depression is the usual term in North America. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > depression anxiety1661 vapours1662 vapour-fit1707 depression1905 postpartum depression1929 baby blues1940 sterks1941 postnatal depression1946 PPD1975 PND1978 SAD1983 seasonal affective disorder1983 1946 Nerv. Child 5 12 The records were investigated for any development of major significance in the infant's condition, such as sudden interruption of breast feeding, severe nutritional illness,..postnatal depression in the mother. 1968 Midwife & Health Visitor Sept. 373 (title) Some problems connected with postnatal depression. 1978 J. Mann Sting of Death viii. 69 Anna Buxton was suffering severely from post-natal depression..a textbook case: Emmy was four months old. 1984 N. Barber Woman of Cairo ii. xix. 218 I've known cases of acute post-natal depression that have been cured, even after years. 1991 Pract. Health Jan. 26/2 I see some women with teenage children who've had post-natal depression for 10 or 15 years! 2011 C. Westall & P. Liamputtong Motherhood & Postnatal Depression Introd. 2 Postnatal depression is caused by a combination of biological, psychological and social factors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1831 |
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