different between antinatal vs prenatal

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

pre- +? natal

Adjective

prenatal (not comparable)

1. Being or happening before birth.

Synonyms

• antenatal

Related terms

• natal
• perinatal
• postnatal

Translations

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.

Anagrams

• parental, paternal

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From pre- +? natal.

Adjective

prenatal (masculine and feminine prenatal, neuter prenatalt, definite singular and plural prenatale, comparative prenatalare, indefinite superlative prenatalast, definite superlative prenatalaste)

1. prenatal

References

• “prenatal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French prénatal

Adjective

prenatal m or n (feminine singular prenatal?, masculine plural prenatali, feminine and neuter plural prenatale)

1. prenatal

Declension

Spanish

Adjective

prenatal (plural prenatales)

1. prenatal

   Synonym: antenatal

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