postnatal
/pəʊstˈneɪtəl//poʊstˈneɪtəl/
postnatal adjective: after being born, of or pertaining to the period immediately after birth (of a baby).
Adjective
postnatal (not comparable)
- After being born, of or pertaining to the period immediately after birth (of a baby).
- postnatal development
- postnatal treatment
- Of a mother, after giving birth.
- Synonyms:
- postpartum
postnatal meaning in Tamil and Kannada
postnatal in Tamil
- பிறந்த உடன், பிறப்புக்குப்பின், பிறப்புப்பின், பிறவிப்பின்
postnatal in Kannada
- ಹುಟ್ಟಿದ ತರುವಾಯದ, ಜನನೋತ್ತರ, ಶಿಶು ಜನನಾನಂತರದ
Synonyms of postnatal
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Origin of postnatal
From post- + natal. First use appears c. 1831.
Words formed from postnatal
Phrases with postnatal
Questions about postnatal
- What does postnatal mean?
- Postnatal means after being born, of or pertaining to the period immediately after birth (of a baby).
- What is postnatal in Tamil?
- Postnatal in Tamil is பிறந்த உடன், பிறப்புக்குப்பின், பிறப்புப்பின். See Postnatal meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is postnatal?
- Postnatal is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce postnatal?
- Postnatal is pronounced /poʊstˈneɪtəl/ (US).
Words near postnatal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: postnatal (page history and authors); postnatal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); postnatal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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