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prenatal, a.|priːˈneɪtəl|
[f. pre- B. 1 d + natal a.1]
Existing or occurring before birth; previous to birth; antenatal. Also = antenatal a. 2.
(In quot. 1895 with reference to the prenatal divinity of Christ.)
1826Southey Vind. Eccl. Angl. 172 For his prenatal performances, and the other miracles of his early life,.. St. Fursey is as little entitled to discredit as to honour. 1874H. R. Reynolds John Bapt. ii. 103 note, The idea of John's pre-natal inspiration;..the supposed inspiration of the unborn John. 1895Haweis in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 599 There are what I may call the Prenatal Infusion clergy and the Postnatal Transfusion clergy. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 233 The principal causes [of idiocy and imbecility] may be grouped as pre-natal and post-natal. 1909Chesterton Orthodoxy iv. 94 This proves that even nursery tales only echo an almost pre-natal leap of interest and amazement. 1938New Statesman 19 Feb. 298/2 Pre-natal clinics are increasing. 1960C. MacInnes Mr. Love & Justice 207 Step up to the pre⁓natal clinic, darling. See what they have to say.
fig.1877Tyndall in Daily News 2 Oct. 2/4 Pre-natal intimations of modern discoveries and results are strewn through scientific literature. 1909Westm. Gaz. 19 Apr. 2/3 In some forgotten strange pre-natal world, Where rose-crowned summer smiled on placid seas.
Hence preˈnatalist, one who believes in the prenatal divinity of Jesus Christ (also attrib.); preˈnatally adv., in the prenatal stage or period.
1879Tourgee Fool's Err. xxxix. 286 That they were prenatally infected with the seeds of fatal disease. 1895Haweis in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 599 The Prenatalists admit human parentage on one side only. Ibid. 604 The Prenatalist and Postnatalist theories. 1953R. Lehmann Echoing Grove ii. 73 Already mid⁓summer dawn fainted pre-natally in the high uncurtained windows. 1965Science 15 Jan. 306/3 This period of neural differentiation occurs prenatally in guinea pigs..and during the 1st week of postnatal life in rats. 1976Lancet 18 Dec. 1352/2 Of interest was the occurrence of measles prenatally in the mother of 1 patient..during the third trimester of gestation. |