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prenatal

prenatal adjective: being or happening before birth.

Adjective

prenatal (not comparable)

  1. Being or happening before birth.
    • Holonym: perinatal
    • prenatal care
    Synonyms:
    antenatal

Noun

prenatal (plural prenatals)

  1. A person who is expecting to give birth.
  2. A dietary supplement to be taken by somebody expecting to give birth.
    • She was recommended a course of zinc prenatals.

prenatal meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

prenatal in Tamil

பேறு காலத்திற்கு முந்தைய, பிறப்பிற்கு முந்தைய, பிரசவித்திற்குமுன்னான, பிறக்குமுன்னே, பேற்றுக்கு முன், பிரசவத்துக்குமுன்னான

prenatal in Malayalam

പ്രസവപൂർവ്വമായ, പ്രസവത്തിനു മുമ്പുള്ള

prenatal in Kannada

ಹೆರಿಗೆಯ ಮೊದಲಿನ, ಪ್ರಸವಪೂರ್ವ, ಹೆರಿಗೆಗೆ ಮುಂಚಿನ, ಪ್ರಸವಕ್ಕೆ ಹಿಂದಿನ

Examples of prenatal in a sentence

  • If you check the fitnessy corners of Instagram, prenatal workouts are intense and impressive AF.2017 April 26, Sarah Jacoby, “How 11 Women Changed Their Workout Routines While Pregnant”, in Refinery29, archived from the original on 25...
  • At 9 months, the researchers found deficits in motor function in infants with prenatal exposure to naled.2017 June 9, Susan Scutti, “Study links mosquito spray to delayed motor skills in babies”, in CNN, archived from the original on 06 Oct...

Synonyms of prenatal

Forms of prenatal

pluralprenatals

Origin of prenatal

From pre- + natal.

Words formed from prenatal

Questions about prenatal

What does prenatal mean?
Prenatal means being or happening before birth.
What is prenatal in Tamil?
Prenatal in Tamil is பேறு காலத்திற்கு முந்தைய, பிறப்பிற்கு முந்தைய, பிரசவித்திற்குமுன்னான. See Prenatal meaning in Tamil.
How do you use prenatal in a sentence?
If you check the fitnessy corners of Instagram, prenatal workouts are intense and impressive AF.
What part of speech is prenatal?
Prenatal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near prenatal in the dictionary

  1. prenasalize
  2. prenasalized
  3. prenasalizes
  4. prenasalizing
  5. prenasals
  6. prenatal
  7. prenatally
  8. prenatals
  9. prenate
  10. prenates
  11. prenational

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prenatal (page history and authors); prenatal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prenatal (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prenatal (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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