Prenatal

Definition: Prenatal

Prenatal

Adjective

1. Occurring or existing before birth; "the prenatal period"; "antenatal care".

Specialty Definition: Prenatal

Domain	Definition
Health	Existing or occurring before birth, with reference to the fetus. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Prenatal

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Prenatal means before birth (is widely used in biology).

See also: postnatal.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Prenatal."

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Synonym: Prenatal

Synonym: antenatal (adj). (additional references)

Antonyms: perinatal (adj), postnatal (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Prenatal

English words defined with "prenatal": antenatal ♦ chorionic villus biopsy, chorionic villus sampling ♦ fetoscopy, foetoscopy. (references)

Specialty definitions using "prenatal": Birthing Centers ♦ embryotoxicity ♦ family physicia, FAMILY PRACTITIONER, Fetal Weight ♦ physician, general practic, Preconception Care, Pregnancy, High-Risk, Prenatal Care, Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Prenatal" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Romanian (antenatal), Spanish (antenatal, prenatal), Swedish (antenatal, prenatal).

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Modern Usage: Prenatal

Domain

Usage

Screenplays

Okay, I thought prenatal yoga was supposed to help you relax. (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay)

Wow, prenatal yoga this morning and now you want to crash a stranger's funeral? (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay)

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Commercial Usage: Prenatal

Domain	Title
Books	Expecting Trouble: The Myth of Prenatal Care in America (reference) Prenatal Yoga and Natural Childbirth 2 Ed (reference) The Prenatal Prescription (reference) While You're Expecting: Creating Your Own Prenatal Classroom (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Prenatal Diagnosis (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Baby and Mom: Prenatal Yoga (reference) Prenatal Yoga (reference) Rocki's Prenatal Yoga (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Consumer Goods	Bebe Sounds Prenatal Listener - Deluxe Gift Set (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Prenatal

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Cómo podemos ayudar a los niños a Crecer y desarrollarse : prenatal. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Prenatal

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Prenatal diagnosis is also available. (references)
		Prenatal screening for Down syndrome is available. (references)
		Prenatal monitoring of pregnancies is available if desired. (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)
	Saint Lucia	Government clinics provide prenatal care, immunization, child health care, and health education services. (references)
Economic History	Peru	U.S. assistance is improving child survival and maternal health services--such as immunization, diarrheal control, and prenatal care--and strengthening and expanding the participation of public and private sector entities in HIV/AIDS prevention. (references)
Human Rights	Korea	Pregnant inmates also receive prenatal care for the full term of their pregnancies. (references)
	China	The Maternal and Child Health Care Law requires premarital and prenatal examinations to determine whether couples have acute infectious diseases or certain mental illnesses (not including mental retardation), or are at risk for passing on debilitating genetic diseases. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Prenatal

"Prenatal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Prenatal" is used about 84 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)	100%	84	36,109

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Prenatal

Expressions using "prenatal": Prenatal Care ♦ prenatal diagnosis ♦ prenatal examination ♦ Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects ♦ prenatal life ♦ Radiance Prenatal Process. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Prenatal

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.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
prenatal vitamin	489	prenatal health	16
prenatal	326	desarrollo prenatal	15
prenatal care	287	best prenatal vitamin	13
prenatal development	104	prenatal paternity test	13
prenatal yoga	75	prenatal vitamin side effects	13
prenatal testing	58	prenatal prescription vitamin	13
prenatal massage	47	prenatal paternity testing	13
prenatal nutrition	30	prenatal visit	12
prenatal exercise	29	prenatal education	12
prenatal test	29	diet prenatal	12
estimulacion prenatal	25	diagnostico prenatal	12
prenatal cradle	24	citracal prenatal	12
control prenatal	23	prenatal music	12
prenatal picture	23	prenatal fitness	11
prenatal class	22	prenatal screening	11
gender prenatal test	20	prenatal genetic testing	11
prenatal pill	18	prenatal pilates	11
prenatal ultrasound	17	duet prenatal vitamin	10
prenatal diagnosis	17	etapa prenatal	10
first prenatal visit	16	prenatal information	10
		precare prenatal vitamin	10
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Prenatal

Language		Translations for "prenatal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		për gratë shtatzëna, i paralindjes. (various references)

Arabic		‏قبل الولادة, ‏قبولادي, ‏حادث قبل الولادة. (various references)

Bulgarian		пренатален, предшествуващ раждането. (various references)

Chinese		产前. (various references)

Czech		prenatální (antenatal). (various references)

Danish		prænatal (before birth), prænatal, for fødslen (before birth), før fødslen (before birth), antenatal (before birth). (various references)

Dutch		prenataal (before birth). (various references)

Farsi		پیش زادی . (various references)

Finnish		sikiödiagnostiikka (antenatal diagnosis, prenatal diagnosis, pre-natal diagnosis). (various references)

French		prénatal. (various references)

German		vorgeburtlich (before birth), pränatal (antenatal). (various references)

Greek		προγεννητικός (before birth). (various references)

Hebrew		שלפ� י �"ל�"�" (antenatal). (various references)

Hungarian		születés elõtti (ante-natal). (various references)

Indonesian		sebelum melahirkan. (various references)

Italian		prenatale (antenatal, prebirth). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		胎教 (antenatal training, prenatal care). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		たいきょう (antenatal training, Japan Amateur Sports Association, leaving the capital or Tokyo, prenatal care, staying in Tokyo). (various references)

Korean		태아기. (various references)

Manx		roie-ruggyree. (various references)

Pig Latin		enatalpray

Portuguese		pré-natal (antenatal). (various references)

Russian		происшедший до рождения. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		prenatalni (antenatal), pre rođenja. (various references)

Spanish		prenatal (antenatal). (various references)

Swedish		prenatal (antenatal), före födelsen (antenatal). (various references)

Turkish		doğumdan önceki (antenatal), doğum öncesi (antenatal). (various references)

Ukrainian		внутріутробний, передродовий. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Prenatal

Derivations
	Words beginning with "prenatal": prenatally. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Prenatal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Pernaja, Pienaaar, Pranatan, Pregaday, prenata, pronatal. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Prenatal"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "prenatal" (pronounced prēnā"tul)
5	-n ā" t u l	Natal, neonatal, postnatal.
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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Anagrams: Prenatal

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: parental, parlante, paternal.
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-l-n-p-r-t"
	-1 letter: apteral, planate, plantar, planter, platane, preanal, replant.
	-2 letters: antler, antral, apneal, arpent, earlap, enrapt, entrap, lanate, learnt, palate, palter, parent, partan, planar, planer, planet, platan, platen, plater, rental, replan, tarnal, tarpan, trapan, trepan.
	-3 letters: alane, alant, alate, alert, altar, alter, anear, antae, antra, antre, apart, apnea, apter, areal, arena, arpen, artal, artel, laten.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-l-n-p-r-t"
	+1 letter: perinatal, planetary.
	+2 letters: apparently, biparental, intraplate, parentally, parenteral, parliament, paternally, penetralia, planetaria, pleasanter, pleasantry, prenatally, transeptal.
	+3 letters: apartmental, explanatory, operational, parliaments, pastureland, paternalism, paternalist, patrilineal, pentahedral, perinatally, phalanstery, planarities, planetarium, plantigrade, proletarian, rataplanned, transalpine, uniparental.
	+4 letters: antiparallel, antiparticle, antipleasure, biparentally, departmental, inapparently, malapertness, parenterally, pastoralness, pasturelands, paternalisms, paternalists, perorational, planetariums, plantigrades, pleasantries, premalignant, proletarians, protonematal, replantation, reputational, supernatural, transplanted, transplanter, transposable, uncapturable, unrepeatable.
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