perinatal

[per-uh-neyt-l]

per·i·na·tal

[per-uh-neyt-l]
adjective
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:
1950–55; peri- + natal

per·i·na·tal·ly, adverb
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perinatal (ˌpɛrɪˈneɪtəl)
 
adj
of, relating to, or occurring in the period from about three months before to one month after birth

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perinatal per·i·na·tal (pěr'ə-nāt'l)
adj.
Of, relating to, or being the period around childbirth, especially the five months before and one month after birth.


per'i·na'tal·ly adv.

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