as in antenatal
medical
occurring or performed prior to birth and during pregnancy
The prenatal care of expectant mothers is of utmost importance to the OB-GYN. prenatal period testing
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Recent Examples of prenatal
The team found prenatal phthalate levels were associated with lower levels of tyrosine, an amino acid and precursor to the thyroid hormone thyroxine.
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Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
Growth trajectories of prenatal embryos of the deep-sea shark Chlamydoselachus anguineus (Chondrichthyes)
Monterey Bay Aquarium.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
Birth center staff will provide information on prenatal care, car seat safety, breastfeeding and safe sleep, and community resource representatives and health vendors will be on hand.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Birth center staff will provide information on prenatal care, car seat safety, breastfeeding and safe sleep, and community resource representatives and health vendors will be on hand.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
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Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
Growth trajectories of prenatal embryos of the deep-sea shark Chlamydoselachus anguineus (Chondrichthyes)
Monterey Bay Aquarium.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
Birth center staff will provide information on prenatal care, car seat safety, breastfeeding and safe sleep, and community resource representatives and health vendors will be on hand.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Birth center staff will provide information on prenatal care, car seat safety, breastfeeding and safe sleep, and community resource representatives and health vendors will be on hand.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prenatal
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And when vaccination is made part of an integrated primary health care system, families are connected to other essential services, from antenatal care to nutrition and malaria screenings.—
Maryanne Murray Buechner,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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The women receive the supplements during their routine antenatal visits to a health care facility.—
UNICEF USA,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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The vast majority of expectant parents in the United States don’t have access to the extreme-screening services provided by the likes of Orchid and Genomic Prediction, and thus don’t have to personally confront the ethical questions that the technology raises.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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The expectant mom shared an adorable video on TikTok (@taylorlrodriguez) showing the moment Storm rested his head on her pregnant belly and felt the baby kick for the first time.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Isotretinoin is known to cause severe birth defects and miscarriages in people who are pregnant, says Wong.—
Caroline C. Boyle,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2025
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Her doctor reassured her treatment options existed for pregnant women, and in her first trimester, Louis began chemotherapy for de novo metastatic breast cancer, which had also spread to her liver.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2025
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Telegraphed data arrived in the morning, and FitzRoy made quick extrapolations from his knowledge of storm theories, sending forecasts an hour later.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
14 Apr. 2025
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Polite start, quick stall Even after Trump was elected on the promise of high tariffs, relations with Beijing got off to a polite start.—
Beijing and Washington Bureaus,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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From a regulatory perspective, there are only three big ingredient categories in skin care: over-the-counter drugs; over-the-counter pharmaceuticals; and cosmetics.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
24 Apr. 2025
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For some, the season also brings big relationship shifts, too.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Only problem was, the stars no longer shone, and the smell of impending rain was heavy in the air.—
Thomas Weddle,
Outdoor Life,
17 Apr. 2025
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On Tuesday afternoon, heavy machinery — two yellow excavators — were at work filling buckets of the remains of those homes, dropping them into trucks to be hauled away.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Prenatal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prenatal. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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