Meanings
adjectivepreconceptional (not comparable)
- not comparableBefore conception
Thereby red blood cell folate reflects the folate status of the periconceptional period and specifically the preconceptional period.
2015 October 23, “Periconception Maternal Folate Status and Human Embryonic Cerebellum Growth Trajectories: The Rotterdam Predict Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinprae-
- Middle Englishpre-
- Englishpre-
- 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
- Englishpreconceptional
From pre- + conceptional.
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APA
preconceptional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preconceptional
MLA
“preconceptional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preconceptional. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preconceptional,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preconceptional.
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