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Definition: Postnatal |
PostnatalAdjective1. Occurring immediately after birth; "postnatal development". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "postnatal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1903. (references) |
Note: Postnatal \Post*na"tal\, adjective. [Prefix post- natal.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Health | Occurring after birth, with reference to the newborn. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
If in a scientific article you see a phrase about 'day P5' you should read it as 'the 5th day after birth'.
See also: prenatal.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Postnatal."
| Antonyms: perinatal (adj), prenatal (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Postnatal |
| Specialty definitions using "postnatal": öffentliche Hand ♦ Birthing Centers ♦ Family Leave, family physicia, FAMILY PRACTITIONER ♦ Growth and Embryonic Development ♦ low-birthweight babies ♦ physician, general practic ♦ Stem Cells. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Postnatal" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (postnatal), French (postnatal), German (postnatal), Spanish (postnatal). |
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Health | The effects of repeat courses of corticosteroids on patterns of fetal and postnatal growth. (references) | |
The interaction of repeat courses of antenatal corticosteroids with postnatal corticosteroid therapy. (references) | ||
In addition, none of the studies controlled for postnatal corticosteroid treatment, used widely at the time of the reports available to the panel. (references) | ||
Children | Israel and the occupied territories | There is a broad network of mother and child clinics, which provide prenatal care as well as postnatal follow-up. (references) |
Tunisia | The Government offers a maternal and child health program, providing prenatal and postnatal services. (references) | |
Human Rights | Israel and the occupied territories | Preventative treatment, such as vaccinations, antenatal and postnatal care, and family planning in most cases are postponed; and the number of births at home, in ambulances, and at checkpoints has increased significantly. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Postnatal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.61% of the time. "Postnatal" is used about 72 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 98.61% | 71 | 39,674 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.39% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 72 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "postnatal": Postnatal Care ♦ postnatal funktionel omstilling ♦ postnatal ward. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "postnatal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i paslindjes. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | بعد الولادة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | следродилен (puerperal), постнатален. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 出"后. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | postnatální. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | postnatal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | postnataal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | وابسته به بعدازتولد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | postnatal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | postnatal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μετά την γέννησιν. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שלאחר "ל"". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | születés utáni. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | setelah kelahiran. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | postnatale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 출생 후. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ostnatalpay pós-natal, pós-natal. (various references) послеродовой (post-natal, postpartum). (various references) posle porođaja (afterbirth). (various references) postnatal. (various references) efter födelsen. (various references) doğumdan sonraki (post-natal), doğum sonrası (post-natal). (various references) постнатальний. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "postnatal": postnatally. (additional references) | |
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"Postnatal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Porthneal. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "postnatal" (pronounced pō"stnā"tul) |
| 5 | -n ā" t u l | Natal, neonatal, prenatal. |
| 4 | -ā" t u l | fatal, nonfatal. |
| 3 | -t u l | accidental, acquittal, anecdotal, artiodactyl, battle, beetle, belittle, betel, bicoastal, bottle, brattle, Bristol, brittle, brutal, butyl, Cantle, capital, Capitol, cattle, chattel, chortle, coastal, coincidental, committal, compartmental, congenital, consonantal, continental, crustal, crystal, dental, detrimental, developmental, digital, disgruntle, dismantle, distal, ductile, elemental, embattle, entitle, environmental, experimental, extramarital, fertile, fetal, fractal, frontal, fundamental, futile, genital, gentle, glottal, governmental, horizontal, hospital, hostel, hostile, hurtle, immortal, immotile, incidental, incremental, infantile, infertile, instrumental, intercontinental, intergovernmental, judgmental, kettle, Kittel, Kittle, lentil, lintel, little, mantel, mantle, marital, mental, metal, mettle, monumental, mortal, motile, Myrtle, nettle, noncommittal, nongovernmental, nonvolatile, occidental, occipital, orbital, oriental, ornamental, parental, parietal, pedestal, periodontal, petal, Pistil, pistol, pivotal, portal, postal, Pottle, prattle, prefrontal, premarital, projectile, quintal, rattle, rebuttal, recital, rectal, regimental, rental, resettle, scuttle, sentimental, settle, shuttle, skeletal, skittle, societal, spittle, startle, subtitle, subtle, supplemental, tactile, tattle, temperamental, throttle, title, tittle, tootle, total, transcendental, transcontinental, transmittal, turtle, unsentimental, unsettle, unsubtle, varietal, vegetal, versatile, vestal, vital, vittle, volatile, Whittle, Wintle. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-l-n-o-p-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: postanal. | |
-2 letters: anattos, platans, saltant, saltpan, tapalos. | |
-3 letters: alants, anatto, aslant, atonal, nopals, pantos, plants, platan, postal, santol, sapota, sonata, statal, talons, tapalo, tolans, totals. | |
-4 letters: alans, alant, altos, anlas, anoas, antas, ataps, atlas, loans, lotas, nasal, natal, nopal, notal, opals, panto, pants, pasta, plans, plant, plats, plots, salon, salpa, santo, slant, solan, splat. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-l-n-o-p-s-t-t" | |
+2 letters: plantations, postnatally, topgallants. | |
+3 letters: palpitations, postneonatal. | |
+4 letters: capitulations, explantations, implantations, noncapitalist, paleobotanist, placentations, postulational, replantations, supplantation, transportable. | |
+5 letters: antineoplastic, extrapolations, homotransplant, maladaptations, noncapitalists, operationalist, outmanipulates, paleobotanists, paleomagnetist, palletizations, pentobarbitals, plasticization, presentational, progestational, supplantations. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6F 73 74 6E 61 74 61 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. --- ... - -. .- - .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101111 01110011 01110100 01101110 01100001 01110100 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P o s t n a t a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006F 0073 0074 006E 0061 0074 0061 006C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)508185868067866778 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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