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prenatal

[pree-neyt-l] / priˈneɪt l /
ADJECTIVE
before birth
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“If dads had higher prenatal cortisol and partners were more weakly linked, toddlers did worse on the executive functioning task, perhaps because the dads were less attuned to their partners and less primed to parent.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

“Our findings do not provide strong evidence that prenatal antidepressant exposure causes neurodevelopmental disorders.”

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2026

But she added prenatal diagnoses "could have changed our story all together".

From BBC May 23, 2026

The researchers concluded that prenatal exposure to CPF appears to cause persistent disturbances in brain development that are proportional to the amount of exposure a child received before birth.

From Science Daily May 21, 2026

Your sister Helen, I didn’t have one prenatal visit to a clinic or anything when I had her.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride



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