Meanings
adjectivepostconceptional (not comparable)
- not comparableAfter conception (the fusion of gametes to produce a new organism).
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pós
- Proto-Indo-European*pósti
- Proto-Italic*posti
- Old Latinposte
- Latinpost
- Englishpost-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*kap-
- Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
- Proto-Italic*kapjō
- Latincapiō
- Ancient Greekσῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)
- Latinconcipiō
- Latinconceptiō
- Old Frenchconception
- Middle Englishconcepcioun
- Englishconception
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishconceptional
- Englishpostconceptional
From post- + conceptional.
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APA
postconceptional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postconceptional
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“postconceptional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postconceptional. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postconceptional,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postconceptional.
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