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perinatal

[ per-uh-neyt-l ]

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.


perinatal

/ ˌpɛrɪˈneɪtəl /

adjective

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


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Other Words From

  • peri·natal·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of perinatal1

First recorded in 1950–55; peri- + natal

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Example Sentences

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

The study also pointed out that the Netherlands has one of the highest perinatal morality rates in Europe.

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