antepartum

1. 1.

   occurring or existing before birth

   “the prenatal period”

   “antenatal care”

   Synonymsprenatalantenatal

Questions about antepartum

What does antepartum mean?

antepartum means "occurring or existing before birth".

How many syllables are in antepartum?

antepartum has 4 syllables: an-te-par-tum. The stress falls on "te".

What is another word for antepartum?

Close synonyms include prenatal, antenatal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is antepartum a common word?

antepartum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.