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prenatally

UK/pɹiːˈneɪtəli/

prenatally adverb: before birth.

Adverb

prenatally (not comparable)

  1. Before birth.
    • Tall, muscular, golden-skinned, he ranted bitterly about the injustice done to him pre-natally.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 62
    • It has been estimated that about two out of three fetuses with prenatally diagnosed Down syndrome are aborted in the United States.2024 December 1, Kwame Anthony Appiah, “Does Prenatal Testing for Down Syndrome Amount to Eugenics?”, in The New York Times
    Synonyms:
    in utero

Synonyms of prenatally

Origin of prenatally

From prenatal + -ly.

Questions about prenatally

What does prenatally mean?
Prenatally means before birth.
What part of speech is prenatally?
Prenatally is an adverb.
How do you pronounce prenatally?
Prenatally is pronounced /pɹiːˈneɪtəli/ (UK).

Words near prenatally in the dictionary

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

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