ANTENATAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does antenatal mean? 

• ANTENATAL (adjective)
  The adjective ANTENATAL has 1 sense:

1. occurring or existing before birth

  Familiarity information: ANTENATAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTENATAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Occurring or existing before birth

Synonyms:

antenatal; antepartum; prenatal

Context example:

antenatal care

 Context examples 

A constellation of neurobehavioral features observed in a neonate following antenatal exposure to drugs including opioids, benzodiazepines, and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.

(Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Research has also shown that increased awareness of the baby during pregnancy is associated with healthy behaviours during pregnancy, such as giving up smoking or attending antenatal appointments.

(Mother’s attitude towards baby during pregnancy may have implications for child’s development, University of Cambridge)

A constellation of neurobehavioral features observed following cessation or reduction of antenatal or postnatal drug exposure.

(Neonatal Drug Withdrawal, NCI Thesaurus)

An allelic variant of the MME gene is associated with fetomaternal alloimmunisation with antenatal glomerulopathies and membranous glomerulonephritis (FMAIG) as well as with renal failure in early adulthood.

(MME wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)