different between prenatal vs pregnancy

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

Related terms

English

Etymology

From pregnant +? -cy.

Noun

pregnancy (countable and uncountable, plural pregnancies)

1. (countable) The condition of being pregnant.
   • 2012, Caroline Davies, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce they are expecting first baby (in The Guardian, 3 December 2012)[1]

     News that the duchess is in the "very early stages" of pregnancy with the third-in-line to the throne was officially released after she was taken to the King Edward VII hospital in central London, suffering from hyperemesis gravidarun, very acute morning sickness.

2. The period of time this condition prevails.
3. (uncountable) The progression of stages from conception to birth.

Synonyms

• gestation
• gravidity

Related terms

• pregnant

Coordinate terms

• with child

Translations

Further reading

• pregnancy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia