perinatal

perinatal [per-uh-neyt-l] ExamplesWord Origin adjective

1. occurring during or pertaining to the phase surrounding the time of birth, from the twentieth week of gestation to the twenty-eighth day of newborn life.

Origin of perinatal First recorded in 1950–55; peri- + natal Related formsper·i·na·tal·ly, adverb Examples from the Web for perinatal Contemporary Examples of perinatal

Then, as now, an attitude of complacency around maternal and perinatal mortality gets in the way of action.

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British Dictionary definitions for perinatal perinatal adjective

1. of, relating to, or occurring in the period from about three months before to one month after birth

Word Origin and History for perinatal adj.

1952, from peri- + natal.

perinatal in Medicine perinatal [pĕr′ə-nāt′l] adj.

1. Of, relating to, or being the period around childbirth, especially the five months before and one month after birth.

Related formsper′i•na′tal•ly adv.