postnatal

From post- +‎ natal.^[1] First use appears c. 1831.

• (US) IPA^(key): /poʊstˈneɪtəl/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /pəʊstˈneɪtəl/

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postnatal (not comparable)

1. After being born, of or pertaining to the period immediately after birth (of a baby).
2. (proscribed) Of a mother, after giving birth.

• In careful usage postnatal refers to the baby, after being born, while the mother, after giving birth, is referred to as postpartum. In casual usage postnatal may be used for both.

• (give birth): postpartum

• prenatal
• (antonym(s) of “be born”): postpartum

• postnatal depression

postnatal (feminine postnatale, masculine plural postnataux, feminine plural postnatales)

1. postnatal

• “postnatal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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• Rhymes: -aːl

postnatal (no predicative form, strong nominative masculine singular postnataler, not comparable)

1. postnatal

   Antonym: pränatal

• postpartal

Borrowed from French postnatal.

postnatal m or n (feminine singular postnatală, masculine plural postnatali, feminine and neuter plural postnatale)

1. postnatal

• IPA^(key): /posdnaˈtal/ [pozð̞.naˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: post‧na‧tal

postnatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural postnatales)

1. postnatal

• “postnatal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024