Prenatal is used to describe things relating to the medical care of women during pregnancy.
I'd met her briefly in a prenatal class.
prenatal in British English
(priːˈneɪtəl)
adjective
1.
occurring or present before birth; during pregnancy
noun
2. informal
a prenatal examination
Also called: antenatal
Derived forms
prenatally (preˈnatally)
adverb
prenatal in American English
(priˈneɪtəl)
adjective
before birth or during pregnancy
prenatal health care
Derived forms
prenatally (preˈnatally)
adverb
Word origin
pre- + natal
Examples of 'prenatal' in a sentence
prenatal
What is their normal fee for prenatal care and delivery?
McKenzie, James F. & Pinger, Robert R. An Introduction to Community Health (1995)
What is the relationship between infant mortality and prenatal care?
McKenzie, James F. & Pinger, Robert R. An Introduction to Community Health (1995)
And why stop at prenatal screening?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Often, their birth mothers had no prenatal care.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In addition, she can get early and regular prenatal care.
Bee, Helen The Developing Child (7th edn.) (1995)
Individual testing, prenatal screening and termination have been around for more than a decade.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
She will have to go to prenatal care and listen to people's comments on her pregnant status.
Martin, April The Guide to Lesbian and Gay Parenting (1993)
For the pregnant woman, a family planning clinic can provide prenatal care or a referral to a prenatal care provider.
McKenzie, James F. & Pinger, Robert R. An Introduction to Community Health (1995)
Do you think it would be more cost effective to assure prenatal care to all women or to continue under the system that is in place now?
McKenzie, James F. & Pinger, Robert R. An Introduction to Community Health (1995)
This couple, like so many today, is taking a prenatal class together.
Bee, Helen The Developing Child (7th edn.) (1995)
In the first year of operation, three times the number of pregnant women in this health district received prenatal care as in the previous year.
McKenzie, James F. & Pinger, Robert R. An Introduction to Community Health (1995)
Before these tests, about 70 percent of pregnant women pursued some prenatal screening.
Christianity Today (2000)
I went to prenatal classes.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The example of the cost of not providing prenatal care, given earlier in this chapter, presents a vivid example.
McKenzie, James F. & Pinger, Robert R. An Introduction to Community Health (1995)
It also raises the prospect of more extensive prenatal screening for inherited disease, which is currently offered only to high-risk couples because of the danger of miscarriage.