antepartum

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adjective

Describing the period before childbirth; antenatal

Similar
antenatalprenatalprepartum
Opposite
antenatalprenatalpostpartum
OriginLatin ante- →
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Meanings

adjectiveantepartum (not comparable)
  1. not comparableDescribing the period before childbirth; antenatal

    Synonyms: antenatal, prenatal, prepartum

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveDescribing the period before childbirth; antenatal

Similar
antenatalprenatalprepartum
Opposite
antenatalprenatalpostpartum

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveoccurring or existing before birth

Similar
prenatalantenatal
Also see
antenatalprenatalprepartum

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinante-“before”
  2. Englishantepartum

1908, from Latin ante- (“before”) + partum (“giving birth”).

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APA

antepartum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antepartum

MLA

“antepartum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antepartum. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antepartum,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antepartum.

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