preconception

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With a subject that can be as dark as this, I know some people aren’t ready to hear it or have a preconception of what the show will be.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

"At the preconception care, patients with premenstrual disorders should be informed about the risk of perinatal depression and potential prevention strategies."

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2024

The study, published this week in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, also noted an association between preconception exposure to phthalates and changes in women's reproductive hormones, as well as increased inflammation and oxidative stress.

From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2023

“I do know there’s this preconception that the festival is a little more of a film nerd thing,” Huntsinger says.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2023

Then there are others where fable, myth, preconception, love, longing, or prejudice step in and so distort a cool, clear appraisal that a kind of high-colored magical confusion takes permanent hold.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck