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antenatal Definition

ante·na·tal (an′tē nāt'l)

adjective

before birth; prenatal

antenatal Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • include: These include antenatal, child health surveillance and minor surgery clinics.
  • provide: These teams cover all of the Bournemouth and Christchurch area providing antenatal, home birth and postnatal care.
  • offer: They also offer a 7 week antenatal and parenting course which has a 90 % uptake.

Adjective modifier

  • typical: Typical antenatal and postnatal classes for new parents are usually good, but almost always one sided.
  • routine: A woman discovered that she was a cystic fibrosis carrier during routine antenatal testing several years ago.

Modifies a noun

  • screening: Factors of interest Antenatal screening for Down's syndrome.
  • clinic: Do you have antenatal clinics or scans in the Queen Mother's Hospital?
  • prophylaxis: The use of routine antenatal anti-D prophylaxis for rhesus negative women.
  • corticosteroid: A consensus would seem to be that at least 70 % of eligible women should receive antenatal corticosteroids.
  • appointment: Most antenatal appointments have to be made during the working day.
  • care: Antenatal care: Routine care for the healthy pregnant woman.

Modifying Another Word

  • also: Also antenatal and postnatal with baby massage classes for adults.
  • about: Use the pregnancy planner to keep tabs on your pregnancy Find out all about antenatal classes Chloe or Crystal?

Noun used with modifier

  • hospital: The tests may be done at your GP surgery, the local clinic or at the hospital antenatal department.
  • NHS: Unlike others in my NHS antenatal class, I never complained of sleep problems.
  • risk: Preparation of midwives for high risk antenatal care ( 20kb ) Mari Phillips, Jayne Haley British Journal of Midwifery, Vol.
  • specialist: The authors conclude: " Women at low risk have little or no benefit from routine specialist antenatal visits.
  • babyworld: This time last year I joined a babyworld antenatal group.
  • drop-in: Practical experience forms part of the course and was initially gained by working alongside midwives and health visitors in the HOTS drop-in antenatal clinic.

Used with adjective complement

  • offer: Wirral started offering antenatal HIV screening in January 2001, in line with national policy.