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Definition of postnatal adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

postnatal

adjective
 
/ˌpəʊstˈneɪtl/
 
/ˌpəʊstˈneɪtl/
(North American English or formal post-partum)
[only before noun]
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  1. connected with the period after the birth of a child
    • postnatal care
    compare antenatal, prenatalTopics Life stagesc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPost-natal is used with these nouns:
    • depression
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