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PERINATAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Occurring during the period around birth (5 months before and 1 month after)
Example:
perinatal care
Classified under:
Antonym:
postnatal (occurring immediately after birth)
prenatal (occurring or existing before birth)
Context examples:
The diagnosis of intrauterine growth restriction carries an increased risk of perinatal morbidity and mortality.
(Intrauterine Growth Restriction, NCI Thesaurus)
Categorization for likelihood of perinatal transmission of group B Streptococcus to neonate.
(Group B Streptococcus Risk, NCI Thesaurus)
Yellow pigmentation of the skin, mucous membranes and eyes due to hyperbilirubinemia caused by inspissated bile plugs in the bile ducts during the perinatal period.
(Perinatal Jaundice due to Inspissated Bile Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
A heterogeneous group of nonprogressive motor disorders caused by chronic brain injuries that originate in the prenatal period, perinatal period, or first few years of life.
(Cerebral Palsy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Develop, evaluate, and implement strategies for interrupting vertical transmission of HIV from mother to child and extend our understanding of perinatal transmission and the pathogenesis of early infection (treatment of children will be addressed in other objectives).
(Intercept Vertical Transmission-Perinatal Transmission of HIV, NCI Thesaurus)
