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postnatal

adj
/poʊstˈneɪtəl/US/pəʊstˈneɪtəl/UK

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós Proto-Italic *gnātos Latin gnātus Latin nātus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nātālisbor. Middle English natal English natal English postnatal From post- + natal. First use appears c. 1831.

  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 postnatal — “post + natal”

Definitions

  1. After being born, of or pertaining to the period immediately after birth (of a baby).

    • postnatal development
    • postnatal treatment

  2. Of a mother, after giving birth.

The neighborhood

Derived

postnatal depression, postnatally

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