prenatal
adjective
pre·na·tal
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Definition of prenatal
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: occurring, existing, performed, or used before birth
prenatal care a prenatal test prenatal vitamins
2
: providing or receiving prenatal medical care
a prenatal clinic prenatal patients
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Other Words from prenatal
prenatally
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adverb
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adverb
Examples of prenatal in a Sentence
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Recipients must now give every pregnant patient a referral for prenatal care. — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, "'Devastating for women': How Planned Parenthood funding battle could affect Indiana," 22 Aug. 2019 Women who do drink during pregnancy—to any degree—may avoid prenatal care as a result. — Fortune, "A Radical Plan to Recruit More Women to Finance: The Broadsheet," 20 Aug. 2019 Maria’s husband, a high school teacher, had been off work during the summer break, forcing them to enroll in supplemental nutritional program for women, infants, and children, known as WIC, in order to afford food and prenatal care. — Eileen Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, "Trump policy favors wealthier immigrants for green cards," 12 Aug. 2019 But limits on federal financing would have forced states to confront hard choices over competing priorities like mental health or addiction treatment, nursing home costs or prenatal care for low-income women. — Paul Wiseman, Fortune, "Trump Twists Facts on Gun Control: Fact Check," 7 Aug. 2019 Six states have introduced legislation banning abortions solely due to a prenatal Down Syndrome diagnosis, and those championing these bills repeatedly invoke eugenics. — Audrey Farley, Longreads, "We Still Don’t Know How to Navigate the Cultural Legacy of Eugenics," 20 June 2019 Still, a small percentage of women do seek abortions based solely or in part on a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome, according to the lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court. — Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati.com, "Lawsuit: Ohio's Down syndrome abortion ban violates women's right to privacy," 15 Feb. 2018 Kaiser surveyed women during 367,400 prenatal screenings between 2009 and 2017 at facilities throughout Northern California and published the findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association. — Michael Finch Ii, chicagotribune.com, "Pot use among pregnant women on the rise, study shows. Do they know the risks?," 23 July 2019 Three years ago, Stephanie Lee, an employee at Zendesk, took her toddler daughter with her to a prenatal appointment to hear the new baby’s heartbeat. — Melia Russell, SFChronicle.com, "Miscarriage leave, a benefit no one wants to use, on the rise," 12 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'prenatal.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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prenatal
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of prenatal
medical
: relating to pregnant women and their unborn babies
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prenatal
adjective
pre·na·tal
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Medical Definition of prenatal
1
: occurring, existing, performed, or used before birth
prenatal care the prenatal period prenatal testing prenatal vitamins
2
: providing or receiving prenatal medical care
a prenatal clinic a prenatal patient
— called also antenatal
— compare intranatal, neonatal, postnatalOther Words from prenatal
prenatally
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adverb
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