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perinatal

adj

Etymology

From peri- + natal.

  1. derived from *ǵenh₁-✻
  2. derived from nātālis
  3. inherited from natal,natale — “native, one’s own; inherited; presiding over birthdays or births”
  4. prefixed as perinatal — “peri + natal”

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to the time around birth.

    • Perinatal HIV infection of infants is a problem in sub-Saharan Africa.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for perinatal. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA