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Occurring or existing before birth.
That occurs or exists before birth; = antenatal, adj. 1.
Occurring, existing, or performed before labour or childbirth.
Occurring or existing during pregnancy prior to the onset of labour; relating to this period; = antepartum, adj. adv.
spec. Of, relating to, or concerned with the period preceding the delivery of a baby.