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periconception

periconception adjective: around the time of conception.

Adjective

periconception (not comparable)

  1. Around the time of conception
    • Furthermore, most studies did not examine periconception period as an exposure window.2015 October 22, “Periconceptional and Gestational Exposure to Antibiotics and Childhood Asthma”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Synonyms of periconception

Origin of periconception

From peri- + conception.

Questions about periconception

What does periconception mean?
Periconception means around the time of conception.
What part of speech is periconception?
Periconception is an adjective.

Words near periconception in the dictionary

  1. pericolpate
  2. pericolporate
  3. pericombobulation
  4. pericombobulations
  5. pericommissural
  6. periconception
  7. periconceptional
  8. periconceptionally
  9. periconceptual
  10. periconceptually
  11. pericondensation

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