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perinatal

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per⋅i⋅na⋅tal

  [per-uh-neyt-l]
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–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

Related forms:
per⋅i⋅na⋅tal⋅ly, adverb
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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: perinatal mortality; perinatal care.
per'i·na'tal·ly adv.
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Main Entry: peri·na·tal
Pronunciation: -'nAt-&l
Function: adjective
: occurring in, concerned with, or being in the periodaround the time of birth <perinatal mortality> <perinatal care> —peri·na·tal·ly /-&l-(l)E/ adverb
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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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