prenatal (redirected from prenatally)

prenatal /pre·na·tal/ (-na´tal) preceding birth.

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pre·na·tal (pr-ntl)

adj.

Preceding birth. Also called antenatal.

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prenatal

preceding birth.

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prenatal care

care of the pregnant female before delivery of the neonate.

prenatal cytogenetic studies

cytogenetic studies carried out on amniotic fluid cultures, the fluid being collected by amniocentesis, is not much used in veterinary medicine because of lack of knowledge of congenital disease linked to chromosomal abnormality. Could be used as a means of early sex determination.

prenatal infection

infection of the fetus via an intact placenta, in the case of viruses, or via a placentitis in the case of bacterial or metazoan infections.

prenatal loss

see abortion, stillbirth, early embryonic mortality, mummification.