prenatal
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pre·na·tal /ˌpriːˈneɪtl◂/ adjective [only before noun] relating to unborn babies and the care of pregnant women 产前的；孕期的 OPP postnatal SYN British English antenatal prenatal care 产前保健[护理] prenatal screening 产前筛查 —prenatally adverb
Examples from the Corpus
prenatal• The auditor looks back at the prenatal area and finds a whole new series of incidents in view.• Most ally computations have their genesis in the prenatal area.• The patient continued to repeat and then suddenly sank into a stupor when he reached the prenatal area.• Poor women seldom receive good prenatal care.• Towards the end of a pregnancy, doctors recommend more frequent prenatal check-ups.• We report trends in prenatal diagnoses over these years and the indications leading to these diagnoses.• Accurate dating of pregnancy is important for other reasons, such as prenatal diagnosis and early identification of intrauterine growth retardation.• We included genetic counselling alone, for familial cases when no prenatal diagnosis is available, among primary preventive approaches.• Do not suppose that just because you can not reach prenatal engrams in a case that they are not there.• This is compatible with the hypothesis that prenatal nutrition affects subsequent pancreatic function.pre·na·tal adjectiveChineseSyllable
of to Corpus unborn care and the babies relating
prenatal
pre‧na‧tal /ˌpriːˈneɪtl◂/
adjective [only before noun]
relating to unborn babies and the care of pregnant women
OPP postnatal
SYN antenatal British English:
prenatal care
prenatal screening
—prenatally adverb
pre‧na‧tal /ˌpriːˈneɪtl◂/
adjective [only before noun]relating to unborn babies and the care of pregnant women
OPP postnatal
SYN antenatal British English:
—prenatally adverb