different between antinatal vs postnatal

English

Etymology

anti- +? natal

Adjective

antinatal (not comparable)

1. Opposing childbirth.
   • 1986, Alan Barron, The Death of Eve: Women, Liberation, Disintegration (page 70)

     The long-term benefits of population increase are largely ignored. As society and the government turn from pronatal to antinatal, as we are now experiencing, attitudes towards homosexuality and non-procreative sex change too.

Related terms

• antinatalism
• antinatalist

See also

• antenatal

Anagrams

• Atlantian, tantalian

English

Etymology

1859, post- +? natal.

Adjective

postnatal (not comparable)

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

Usage notes

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.

Synonyms

• (give birth): postpartum

Antonyms

• prenatal
• (be born): postpartum

Translations

References

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

postnatal (not comparable)

1. postnatal

Declension

Antonyms

• pränatal

Related terms

• postpartal

Romanian

Etymology

From French postnatal

Adjective

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

1. postnatal

Declension

Spanish

Adjective

postnatal (plural postnatales)

1. postnatal

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