prenatal
adjective
pre·na·tal
(ˌ)prē-ˈnā-tᵊl 
1
: 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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Rx Kids, regarded by officials as a first-of-its-kind initiative in the country, provides moms with $1,500 mid-pregnancy for essentials like food, prenatal care, cribs or other needs.
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Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 6 July 2024
In fact, the number of women who received either no prenatal care during pregnancy or didn’t get prenatal care until the third trimester — between the seventh and ninth months — increased to a record nearly 7% in 2021, according to CDC data.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 29 June 2024
One South Carolina hospital’s punitive approach to prenatal drug use reveals how structural and ideological biases against Black mothers lead to government policies that regulate Black women’s reproductive decision-making.
—Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 28 June 2024
In one scene, a Polish doctor administers a portable prenatal scan to a pregnant Somali woman on the forest floor.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2024
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Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 6 July 2024
In fact, the number of women who received either no prenatal care during pregnancy or didn’t get prenatal care until the third trimester — between the seventh and ninth months — increased to a record nearly 7% in 2021, according to CDC data.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 29 June 2024
One South Carolina hospital’s punitive approach to prenatal drug use reveals how structural and ideological biases against Black mothers lead to government policies that regulate Black women’s reproductive decision-making.
—Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 28 June 2024
In one scene, a Polish doctor administers a portable prenatal scan to a pregnant Somali woman on the forest floor.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2024
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prenatal
adjective
pre·na·tal
(ˈ)prē-ˈnāt-ᵊl
: occurring or existing before birth
prenatal care
prenatal development
Medical Definition
prenatal
adjective
pre·na·tal
-ˈnāt-ᵊl
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
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