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What is "antepartum"

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
antepartum

1908, from Latin phrase ante partum "before birth" (see postpartum).

Wiktionary
antepartum

a. Describing the period before childbirth; antenatal

WordNet
antepartum

adj. occurring or existing before birth; "the prenatal period"; "antenatal care" [syn: prenatal, antenatal] [ant: perinatal, postnatal]

Usage examples of "antepartum".

Hanks cites the history of a case of antepartum desquamation of the skin in a living fetus.

With everybody going over to the Birth Center, and with cutbacks in dietary and transportation, those of us left are having do their jobs and work this unit, antepartum, and sometimes and D.