Prenatal:Occurring or existing before birth.
Prenatal care is the regularhealthcare women should receive from anobstetricianor midwife during pregnancy.
Prenatal developmentis the growth of a single-celledzygoteformed by the combination of aspermand an蛋into a baby.
Prenatal diagnosis isdiagnosisbefore birth by techniques such as ultrasound, chorionic villus sampling (CVS), and amniocente+D13sis.
The word "prenatal" comes from the Latin "pre-," before + "(g)natus," birth = before birth. "Antenatal" is often usedinlieu of "prenatal" in the UK, Australia, etc.
