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post-natal depression

post-natal depression is the alternative spelling of postnatal depression.

Meaning of postnatal depression

Noun

postnatal depression (plural postnatal depressions)

  1. Synonym of postpartum depression.
    • Her loneliness is made much worse by post-natal depression and delusions – which are represented with scarily plausible simplicity.2021 July 11, Peter Bradshaw, “Three Floors review – Nanni Moretti melodrama lacks profundity”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Forms of post-natal depression

pluralpost-natal depressions

Questions about post-natal depression

What is post-natal depression the alternative spelling of?
Post-natal depression is the alternative spelling of postnatal depression.

Words near post-natal depression in the dictionary

  1. post-Muslim
  2. post-Muslims
  3. post-nasal drip
  4. post-nasal drips
  5. post-natal
  6. post-natal depression
  7. post-neoliberalism
  8. Post-Nicene
  9. post-nominal
  10. post-nominal letters
  11. post-nominals

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