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periconceptual

periconceptual adjective: around the time of conception.

Adjective

periconceptual (not comparable)

  1. Around the time of conception.
    • It seems that the exposure of the rabbit mothers to the bioactive supplement TT during 45 days of the periconceptual period was sufficient to induce changes in the oocytes-secreted gene BMP15.2016 March 1, “Tribulus terrestris Alters the Expression of Growth Differentiation Factor 9 and Bone Morphogenetic Protein 15 in Rabbit Ovaries of Mothers and F 1 Female Offspring”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of periconceptual

From peri- + conceptual.

Words formed from periconceptual

Questions about periconceptual

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

Words near periconceptual in the dictionary

  1. pericombobulations
  2. pericommissural
  3. periconception
  4. periconceptional
  5. periconceptionally
  6. periconceptual
  7. periconceptually
  8. pericondensation
  9. pericondensed
  10. pericondylar
  11. pericontinental

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